Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9946

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in iOS 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 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.4% 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 iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0. The screen lock may not engage after the specified time period.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before watchOS 7.0

References

https://support.apple.com/HT211850 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/HT211844 x_refsource_MISC
20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-16-1 iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-6 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-16-4 watchOS 7.0 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC