Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2021 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9975
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.7% 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, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 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/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
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 x_refsource_MISC