PT-2020-20892 · Apple · Macos Mojave+6

Francis + 1 · Published 2020-12-03 · Updated 2020-12-09 · CVE-2020-9954

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 watchOS versions prior to 7.0 tvOS versions prior to 14.0 macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.7 macOS High Sierra versions prior to Security Update 2020-005 macOS Mojave versions prior to Security Update 2020-005 iOS versions prior to 14.0 iPadOS versions prior to 14.0

Description A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For watchOS versions prior to 7.0, update to watchOS 7.0 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 14.0, update to tvOS 14.0 or later. For macOS Catalina versions prior to 10.15.7, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.7 or later. For macOS High Sierra versions prior to Security Update 2020-005, apply Security Update 2020-005 or later. For macOS Mojave versions prior to Security Update 2020-005, apply Security Update 2020-005 or later. For iOS versions prior to 14.0, update to iOS 14.0 or later. For iPadOS versions prior to 14.0, update to iPadOS 14.0 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9954

ZDI-20-1392

Affected Products

Ios

Ipados

Macos Catalina

Macos High Sierra

Macos Mojave

Tvos

Watchos

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9954 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1392 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9954 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/17268 · Telegram Post