CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
78.8%
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Released September 24, 2020
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2020-9954: Francis working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, JunDong Xie of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab
Entry added November 12, 2020
Find My
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: A malicious application may be able to read sensitive location information
Description: A file access issue existed with certain home folder files. This was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2020-9986: Tim Kornhuber, Milan Stute and Alexander Heinrich of TU Darmstadt, Secure Mobile Networking Lab
Entry added November 12, 2020
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2020-9961: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Entry updated November 12, 2020
libxml2
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2020-9981: found by OSS-Fuzz
Entry added November 12, 2020, updated March 16, 2021
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to unexpectedly alter application state
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2020-9941: Fabian Ising of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences and Damian Poddebniak of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2020-10011: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
CVE-2020-9973: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Entry updated November 12, 2020
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2020-13520: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
Entry added November 12, 2020
Sandbox
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: A malicious application may be able to access restricted files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2020-9968: Adam Chester(@xpn) of TrustedSec
Entry updated November 12, 2020
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2020-10013: Yu Wang of Didi Research America
Entry added March 16, 2021
Bluetooth
We would like to acknowledge Andy Davis of NCC Group for their assistance.
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Published Date: November 03, 2023
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
78.8%