Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9906

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-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 4.7% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)4.7%top 8.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, watchOS 6.2.8. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before watchOS 6.2.8

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211291 x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162119/iOS-macOS-Radio-Proximity-Kernel-Memory-Corruption.html x_refsource_MISC