CVE-2020-29616 — 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
0.4%
top 38.12%
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. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

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 Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.1
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.1.0
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.14 — 10.14.6+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gpf3-x245-jpg9: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-29616: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation↗2021-04-02
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