Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9959

Low 2.4

In plain English

A low-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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)2.4Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A lock screen issue allowed access to messages on a locked device. This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to view notification contents from the lockscreen.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0

References

https://support.apple.com/HT211850 x_refsource_MISC
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