CVE-2020-9992

moderate-risk

Published 2020-10-16

This issue was addressed by encrypting communications over the network to devices running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, Xcode 12.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code on a paired device during a debug session over the network.

Do I need to act?

4.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate 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 (3)

Xcode

Ipados

Iphone Os

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (6)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211848

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211850

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211848

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/HT211850

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 7/34 · Low

Exposure 9/34 · Low