CVE-2020-9978 (GCVE-0-2020-9978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-02 17:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:50
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Summary
This issue was addressed with improved setting propagation. 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 attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state.
Severity
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state
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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