Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9961
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 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211843 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211850 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211844 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211952 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-16-2 tvOS 14.0 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- 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
- 20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-24-1 macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211935 x_refsource_CONFIRM