CVE-2020-3898 — Improper Input Validation in Apple Macos

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple MacosApple CupsApple MAC OS X+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.4. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.4
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.4
▶debiandebian/cups< cups 2.3.1-12 (bookworm)
▶Debianapple/cups< 2.3.1-12+3
▶Ubuntuapple/cups< 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-82r2-pfjv-q743: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-3898: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation↗2020-10-22
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OSV
cups vulnerabilities↗2020-04-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
CUPS vulnerabilities↗2020-04-27
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Red Hat
cups: heap based buffer overflow in libcups's ppdFindOption() in ppd-mark.c↗2020-04-20
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Debian
CVE-2020-3898: cups - A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is ...↗2020
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-4032 freerdp: integer casting vulnerability in update_recv_secondary_order↗2020-07-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-3898 cups: heap based buffer overflow in libcups's ppdFindOption() in ppd-mark.c [fedora-all]↗2020-04-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-3898 cups: heap based buffer overflow in libcups's ppdFindOption() in ppd-mark.c↗2020-04-14
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