CVE-2020-9975 (GCVE-0-2020-9975)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-02 17:27 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:50
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Summary
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. 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. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple tvOS Affected: unspecified , < 14.0 (custom)
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Apple watchOS Affected: unspecified , < 7.0 (custom)
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Apple iOS and iPadOS Affected: unspecified , < 14.0 (custom)
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Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 11.0 (custom)
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Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 11.1 (custom)
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