CVE-2020-9949 — Use After Free in Apple Macos

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple MacosApple IpadosApple Iphone OS+3 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra, tvOS 14.0. An 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 Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 10.15+3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x11.0.0 — 11.0.1+1
▶NVDapple/tvos< 14.0
▶NVDapple/ipados< 14.0
▶NVDapple/watchos< 7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-54xg-w6ch-fmhh: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-9949: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management↗2020-12-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2020-9949: tvOS 14.0↗2020-09-16
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Apple
CVE-2020-9949: watchOS 7.0↗2020-09-16
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Apple
CVE-2020-9949: macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra↗2020-07-15
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