CVE-2020-9822 — Out-of-bounds Write in Apple Macos

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write2 documents2 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MacosApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedJun 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel 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 — macOS Catalina 10.15.5
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-xgc4-vp7g-37r4: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking↗2022-05-24
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