Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9979
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-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 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | tvOS | unspecified – before 14.0 |
| Apple | iOS and iPadOS | unspecified – before 14.0 |
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 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