CVE-2020-9921

low-risk

Published 2020-10-22

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Do I need to act?

0.04% 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 7.0/10 High

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Mac Os X

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal