Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9869

High 7.5

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 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.3% 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 memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A remote attacker may cause an unexpected application termination.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.6

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