PT-2020-20792 · Apple · Apple Macos

Yu Wang · Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-9833

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.15.5

Description A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. A local user may be able to read kernel memory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.15.5, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.5 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9833

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9833 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT211170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9833 · Vendor Advisory