CVE-2020-9863

published 2020-10-22

CVE-2020-9863: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS…

Priority P3 41 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

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

A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios	>= unspecified < iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6	iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
apple	ios_13.6_and_ipados	—	—
apple	ipados	< 13.6	13.6
apple	iphone_os	< 13.6	13.6
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	—	—
apple	tvos	< 13.4.8	13.4.8
apple	tvos	—	—
apple	tvos	>= unspecified < tvOS 13.4.8	tvOS 13.4.8
apple	watchos	< 6.2.8	6.2.8
apple	watchos	—	—
apple	watchos	>= unspecified < watchOS 6.2.8	watchOS 6.2.8

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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