CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.15.6 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was published 09/24/2020 by Xingwei Lin as HT211849 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9961. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/13/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
Upgrading to version 10.15.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Similar entries are available at 161961, 161962 and 161963.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: macOS 10.15.7
Timeline
03/02/2020 🔍09/24/2020 🔍
09/24/2020 🔍
09/25/2020 🔍
11/14/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT211849
Researcher: Xingwei Lin
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-9961 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 09/25/2020 15:53Updated: 11/14/2020 08:24
Changes: 09/25/2020 15:53 (46), 09/25/2020 15:58 (2), 10/04/2020 15:03 (1), 11/13/2020 07:53 (2), 11/14/2020 08:22 (2), 11/14/2020 08:24 (8)
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