CVE-2020-9954
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 8, 2020 at 07:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 14.0
Affected range stops below 14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 14.0
Affected range stops below 14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.15v < 10.15.7v < 14.0
Affected range stops below 10.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.15.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 14.0
Affected range stops below 14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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