CVE-2020-9799

HIGH

Apple Mac OS X < 10.15.6 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/HT211289

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 47.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.15.6
Published Oct 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026