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CVE-2020-9996

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

Published

2020-12-08T20:15:18.293

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:41:39.963

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	ipados	< 14.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	< 14.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	< 11.0.1	Yes

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)