Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-9870

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8. An attacker with memory write capability may be able to bypass pointer authentication codes and run arbitrary code.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: <10.15.6
Apple Inc./tvOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
<13.4.8+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <13.4.8
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: <13.6
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./iOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.

References

support.apple.com/HT211288mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/HT211289mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/HT211290mitrex_refsource_MISC

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