CVE-2020-10016

moderate-risk

Published 2020-12-08

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Do I need to act?

0.56% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Ipados

Iphone Os

Mac Os X

Macos

Tvos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (14)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211928

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211930

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211928

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211930

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 20/34 · Moderate