# CVE-2019-6223: Apple iOS and macOS Group Facetime Vulnerability

> CVE-2019-6223: Apple iOS and macOS Group Facetime Vulnerability. CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-6223
Last updated: 2025-12-20T04:55:48Z

- Published: 2019-03-05 16:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-12-20 04:55 UTC · Assigner: apple
- CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 2.6%, 85th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

A logic issue existed in the handling of Group FaceTime calls. The issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.1.4, macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update. The initiator of a Group FaceTime call may be able to cause the recipient to answer.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Apple: iOS
- Apple: macOS

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6223)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6223)
- [https://support.apple.com/HT209520](https://support.apple.com/HT209520)
- [https://support.apple.com/HT209521](https://support.apple.com/HT209521)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-6223 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-6223.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2019-6223 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:50:06.175Z