CVE-2020-9779

CVSS V2 Medium 6.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.4. A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-9779

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-10-22T18:15:13

Last Modified Date
2020-10-28T13:39:12

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR	10.13.6	10.15.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
9.2

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211100	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9779
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9779

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:21:54				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 00:50:36	2020-10-22T18:15Z	2020-10-22T18:15:13	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 00:50:36		2020-10-28T13:39:12	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 00:50:36		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated