Vulnerability · Published Dec 8, 2020 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2020-9954
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 x_refsource_MISC