PT-2020-20769 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2020-10-16 · Updated 2020-10-19 · CVE-2020-9799

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 10.15.6

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

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.15.6, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9799

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9799 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT211289 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9799 · Security Note