Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-27915

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.0
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.1

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 x_refsource_MISC