CVE-2020-9978

MEDIUM

iPadOS < 14.0 - Unauthenticated Application State Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This issue was addressed with improved setting propagation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011

Scores

CVSS v3 4.5
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 40.8%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (7)
apple/ipados < 14.0
apple/iphone_os < 14.0
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.6 (13 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.15.7 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.14 - 10.14.6
apple/macos 11.0 - 11.1.0
apple/watchos < 7.0
Published Apr 02, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026