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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-9949

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.50%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra, tvOS 14.0. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.50% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
Source
product-security@apple.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.