CVE-2020-9972
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 8, 2020 at 07:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC
4 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 iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 14.0v < 14.3
Affected range stops below 14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 14.3
Affected range stops below 14.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 11.1
Affected range stops below 11.1, 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)
CVSS
- 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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