CVE-2020-9966 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00788.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-12-08T19:21:13

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:50:57.289Z

Reserved: 2020-03-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-9966

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-08T20:15:17.297

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:41:36.733

Link: CVE-2020-9966

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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