PT-2020-20806 · Apple · Apple Macos

Yu Wang · Published 2020-10-22 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-9853

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 10.15.4

Description A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.15.4, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9853

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9853 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211100 · Vendor Advisory