Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-9831

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.15.5
Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: = 10.15.5
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.apple.com/HT211170nvdVendor Advisory

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