CVE-2020-9830 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Catalina that could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. It carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability. Apple addressed this issue with improved state management in iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, and macOS Catalina 10.15.5.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 13.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.13, < 10.13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.14, < 10.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.15, < 10.15.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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