Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9779
High 7.1
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 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.4. A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211100 x_refsource_MISC