Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9887
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 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.5% 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 Catalina 10.15.6. Viewing a maliciously crafted JPEG file may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 x_refsource_MISC