CVE-2020-9918

Apple Security Advisory 2020-07-15-1

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.

Se abordó una lectura fuera de límites con una comprobación de entrada mejorada. Este problema es corregido en macOS Catalina versión 10.15.6, tvOS versión 13.4.8, watchOS versión 6.2.8. Un atacante remoto puede causar la terminación inesperada del sistema o la corrupción de la memoria del kernel

macOS Catalina 10.15.6, Security Update 2020-004 Mojave, Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra are now available and address buffer overflow, code execution, denial of service, out of bounds read, and out of bounds write vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-03-02 CVE Reserved
2020-07-17 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-06-28 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/HT211288	2022-05-31
https://support.apple.com/HT211289	2022-05-31
https://support.apple.com/HT211290	2022-05-31
https://support.apple.com/HT211291	2022-05-31

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				< 10.15.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " < 10.15.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Tvos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos"				< 13.4.8 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos" and version " < 13.4.8"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				< 6.2.8 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos" and version " < 6.2.8"		-		Affected