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Medium severity4.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-9978

CVE-2020-9978

Description

This issue was addressed with improved setting propagation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state.

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Affected products

31
  • Apple Inc./Ipados2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.0
    • (no CPE)range: before 14.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <14.0
  • Apple Inc./Mac OS X16 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.14,<10.14.6
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Apple Inc./macOS2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=11.0,<11.1.0
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.0
    • (no CPE)range: before 7.0
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified
  • Range: before 11.0.1, before 11.1
  • Range: before Security Update 2020-001
  • Range: before Security Update 2020-007
  • Apple Inc./tvOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
    before 14.0+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: before 14.0
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified
  • Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
    Range: before 14.0
  • Range: unspecified

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