High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-9992

Description

This issue was addressed by encrypting communications over the network to devices running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, Xcode 12.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code on a paired device during a debug session over the network.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: 14.0
Apple Inc./Xcodellm-fuzzy2 versions
12.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 12.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
14.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 14.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified

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References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/HT211848nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT211850nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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