Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9958

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

Affected products (as reported)

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

References

https://support.apple.com/HT211850 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