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CVE-2020-10017

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10017 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Apple's macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that processing a maliciously crafted audio file could lead to arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R), its low attack complexity (AC:L) makes it a significant risk. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT211928
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT211929
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT211930
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT211931
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT212011
Vendor Advisory