Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-9996

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
Range: <11.0.1
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: <14.0
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <14.0
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./iOS and iPadOScpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32mitremailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931mitrex_refsource_MISC

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