PT-2020-16875 · Apple · Macos Mojave+7

Jundong Xie + 1 · Published 2020-12-14 · Updated 2021-04-08 · CVE-2020-27948

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions watchOS versions prior to 7.2 macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.1 macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2020-001 macOS Mojave versions prior to Security Update 2020-007 iOS versions prior to 14.3 iPadOS versions prior to 14.3 tvOS versions prior to 14.3

Description An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For watchOS versions prior to 7.2, update to watchOS 7.2 or later. For macOS Big Sur versions prior to 11.1, update to macOS Big Sur 11.1 or later. For macOS Catalina versions prior to Security Update 2020-001, apply Security Update 2020-001 or later. For macOS Mojave versions prior to Security Update 2020-007, apply Security Update 2020-007 or later. For iOS versions prior to 14.3, update to iOS 14.3 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 14.3, update to iPadOS 14.3 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 14.3, update to tvOS 14.3 or later.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-27948

Affected Products

Apple Macos

Ios

Ipados

Macos Big Sur

Macos Catalina

Macos Mojave

Tvos

Watchos

References · 8

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27948 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27948 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27948 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/103052 · Note