Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9976

Medium 5.5

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 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0. A malicious application may be able to leak sensitive user information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before tvOS 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
https://support.apple.com/HT211843 x_refsource_MISC
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