CVE-2020-9997

low-risk

Published 2020-10-22

An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6, watchOS 6.2.8. A malicious application may disclose restricted memory.

Do I need to act?

0.18% 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 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Mac Os X

Watchos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (4)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211291

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211291

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 7/34 · Low