---
id: "CVE-2019-6223"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2019-6223"]
title: "Apple iOS and macOS: Apple iOS and macOS Group Facetime Vulnerability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.5
epss: 0.02629
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "Apple iOS and macOS", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["apple-devices", "exploited", "ios", "macos", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["fixed-version-installed"]
published_at: "2019-03-05T16:29:02+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2019-6223", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-6223", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6223", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Apple iOS and macOS: Apple iOS and macOS Group Facetime Vulnerability

Apple iOS and macOS Group FaceTime has a flaw that lets the person starting a call make the recipient's device answer without the user doing anything. CISA lists it as actively exploited, so an attacker can open the microphone and camera of a target device.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Apple iOS and macOS affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Apple iOS and macOS updates per vendor instructions (CISA required action); the fixed version numbers are not in the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2019-6223
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-6223
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6223

## From the sources

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.

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