PT-2020-17219 · Apple · Apple Macos

Liu Long · Published 2020-12-14 · Updated 2021-04-08 · CVE-2020-29612

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 11.1 Security Update 2020-001 Catalina (affected versions not specified) Security Update 2020-007 Mojave (affected versions not specified)

Description An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking, which may allow a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 11.1, update to macOS Big Sur 11.1 to resolve the issue. For Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, apply the security update to fix the issue. For Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, apply the security update to fix the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-29612

ZDI-21-389

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29612 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-389 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-29612 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-29612 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/103052 · Note