CVE-2020-9923 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, watchOS 6.2.8. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Published: 2020-10-16

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6

Apple

watchOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< watchOS 6.2.8

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-30702	A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, watchOS 6.2.8. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00209.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT211288
https://support.apple.com/HT211291

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-10-16T16:49:23.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:43:05.408Z

Reserved: 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-9923

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T17:15:17.357

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:41:32.070

Link: CVE-2020-9923

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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