Vulnerability · Published Dec 8, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9989

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 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved deletion. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A local user may be able to discover a user’s deleted messages.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before 7.0
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 14.0
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.0

References

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
20201215 APPLE-SA-2020-12-14-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-1 macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC