Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-9979

Description

A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./tvOSv53 versions
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: =14.0
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.0
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: =14.0
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy2 versions
=14.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =14.0
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.0
Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <14.0
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/19nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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