CVE-2020-9859

moderate-risk
Published 2020-06-05

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (3)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211214
Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211214
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 12/34 · Low