PT-2020-17668 · Apple · Apple Macos

Peter Nguyen Hoang Vu · CVE-2020-36615 · Published 2020-11-12 · Updated 2023-08-18

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 macOS versions prior to 11.0.1

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

Recommendations For versions prior to 11.0.1, update to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of maliciously crafted fonts until the update is applied.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36615

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36615 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36615 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56871 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1691221488454467584 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36615 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/102846 · Note