Vulnerability · Published Dec 8, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9949
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 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra, tvOS 14.0. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211289 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 x_refsource_MISC
- 20201215 APPLE-SA-2020-12-14-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-1 macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC