CVE-2020-9921

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-10-22 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41

NVD link : CVE-2020-9921

Mitre link : CVE-2020-9921

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-9921

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x

CWE

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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