CVE-2020-9928 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. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction and local access, but successful exploitation could lead to full compromise of the system. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for kernel-level code execution makes patching critical. The issue was resolved in macOS Catalina 10.15.6.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 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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