Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9921
High 7.0
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 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.7% 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 malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 x_refsource_MISC