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CVE-2020-9975

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9975 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting multiple Apple operating systems, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS. This flaw, rated 7.8 HIGH, could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, posing a significant risk to system integrity. The attack requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.14, < 10.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.15, < 10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

support.apple.com / en-us/HT211843
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT211844
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT211850
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT211931
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212011
Vendor Advisory