CVE-2020-27915 — Out-of-bounds Write in Apple Macos

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 53.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.0+1
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 11.0.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-66c3-hq76-8wph: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-27915: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation↗2021-04-02
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