About the security content of Xcode 11.3
This document describes the security content of Xcode 11.3.
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Xcode 11.3
ld64
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.4 and later
Impact: Compiling with untrusted sources may lead to arbitrary code execution with user privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2019-8840: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team
Additional recognition
Clang
We would like to acknowledge David Stone of Uber ATC for their assistance.
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