CVE-2020-9940 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Apple Macos

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow6 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple IOSApple MacosApple Tvos+3 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A buffer overflow 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. Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

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 Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — tvOS 13.4.8
▶NVDapple/tvos< 13.4.8
▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — macOS Catalina 10.15.6
▶NVDapple/ipados< 13.6
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2m7r-mqpg-x97r: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-9940: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling↗2020-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2020-9940: iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6↗2020-07-15
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Apple
CVE-2020-9940: macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra↗2020-07-15
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Apple
CVE-2020-9940: tvOS 13.4.8↗2020-07-15
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