CVE-2020-9975
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-02 17:27
Modified
2024-08-04 10:50
Severity ?
Summary
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
AppletvOS
ApplewatchOS
AppleiOS and iPadOS
ApplemacOS
ApplemacOS
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