CVE-2020-9979 (GCVE-0-2020-9979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-27 20:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:50
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Summary
A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content
Assigner
apple CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 37/100 over 992 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple tvOS Affected: unspecified , < 14.0 (custom)
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Apple iOS and iPadOS Affected: unspecified , < 14.0 (custom)
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