CVE-2020-3853 — Type Confusion in Apple Macos

CWE-843 — Type Confusion3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOSApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.3, tvOS 13.3.1, watchOS 6.1.2. 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 Packages9 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — tvOS 13.3.1
▶NVDapple/tvos< 13.3.1
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.3
▶NVDapple/ipados< 13.3.1
▶CVEListV5apple/watchosunspecified — watchOS 6.1.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2cm9-frr4-6q2v: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-3853: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2020-02-27
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