Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9962

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 14.0
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 7.0
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 14.0
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.0
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.1

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