Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9939

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-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 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.6

References