CVE-2020-9799 - OpenCVE

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT211289

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-10-16T16:13:56

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:43:05.166Z

Reserved: 2020-03-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-9799

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T17:15:13.637

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:41:18.337

Link: CVE-2020-9799

Redhat

No data.

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