High severity · published Oct 16, 2020
CVE-2020-9865
A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code
8.6
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 13.6 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.15.6 · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
before 13.4.8 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
before 6.2.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9865
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9865
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211288
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211289
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211290
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211291
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