CVE-2020-9959

LOW

iPadOS < 14.0 - Unauthenticated Lock Screen Bypass via Notification Preview

Title source: llm

Description

A lock screen issue allowed access to messages on a locked device. This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to view notification contents from the lockscreen.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/HT211850

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

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

Scores

CVSS v3 2.4

EPSS 0.0028

EPSS Percentile 19.4%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-667

Status published

Products (2)

apple/ipados < 14.0

apple/iphone_os < 14.0

Published Oct 16, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026