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CVE-2020-9959

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9959 describes a lock screen issue in iOS and iPadOS that allowed unauthorized viewing of message notification content on a locked device. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.4, indicating it requires physical access to the device and only impacts confidentiality. While the vulnerability is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.4LOW

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 228 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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/Nov/20
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT211850
Release NotesVendor Advisory