CVE-2020-9962 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-271 — Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple MacosApple Tvos+4 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to 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 Packages10 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/macosunspecified — 11.0+1
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.0.1
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.14 — 10.14.6+3
▶CVEListV5apple/tvosunspecified — 14.0
▶NVDapple/tvos< 14.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5qwf-wq7h-gm7g: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-9962: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation↗2021-04-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2020-9962: tvOS 14.0↗2020-09-16
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Apple
CVE-2020-9962: watchOS 7.0↗2020-09-16
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Red Hat
docker: Security regression of CVE-2016-9962 due to inclusion of vulnerable runc↗2020-06-23
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-14300 docker: Security regression of CVE-2016-9962 due to inclusion of vulnerable runc↗2020-06-19
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