CVE-2020-9996 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

Published: 2020-12-08

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 14.0

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 11.0

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-30775	A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A malicious application may be able to elevate 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 0.0031.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-12-08T19:59:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:50:57.793Z

Reserved: 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-9996

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-08T20:15:18.293

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:41:39.963

Link: CVE-2020-9996

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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