High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./tvOSv53 versions
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: =13.4.8
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <13.4.8
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
=13.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =13.6
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy2 versions
=13.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =13.6
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <13.6
Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: =10.15.6
Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <13.6
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.15.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.apple.com/HT211288nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT211289nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT211290nvdVendor Advisory

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