CVE-2020-9899 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting macOS Catalina 10.15.5 and earlier, which could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Rated 7.8 HIGH, it requires user interaction (UI:R) for a local attacker (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability was addressed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6 with improved input validation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.13.6, < 10.15.6CPE 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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