CVE-2020-9799

published 2020-10-16

CVE-2020-9799: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to…

Priority P3 40 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	< 10.15.6	10.15.6
apple	macos	>= unspecified < macOS Catalina 10.15.6	macOS Catalina 10.15.6
apple	macos_catalina_10.15.6_security_update_2020-004_mojave_security_update_2020-004	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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