High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-9994
CVE-2020-9994
Description
A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5, tvOS 13.4.5, watchOS 6.2.5. A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <13.5
- (no CPE)range: <13.5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <13.4.5
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.2.5
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<10.15.5+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10.15.5
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<13.5+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <13.5
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
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References
4- support.apple.com/kb/HT211168nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT211170nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT211171nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT211175nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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