Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9994

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-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 1.0% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5, tvOS 13.4.5, watchOS 6.2.5. A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.5
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before tvOS 13.4.5
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before watchOS 6.2.5

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175 x_refsource_MISC