CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-9996
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 14.0)
• apple iphone os (< 14.0)
• apple mac os x (< 11.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 Vendor Advisory