cve-2020-9979
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-27 20:52
Modified
2024-08-04 10:50
Severity ?
Summary
A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
AppletvOS
AppleiOS and iPadOS
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