High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-9966
CVE-2020-9966
Description
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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Affected products
14unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: = 14.0
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.0
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: = 7.0
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.0
unspecified+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: = 11.0.1
- Range: = 14.0
= 14.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 14.0
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.0
- Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
5- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931nvdVendor Advisory
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