CVE-2020-9979
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 27, 2020 at 08:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendoriPhone OSiPadOStvOS
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.
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
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/19Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20x_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/HT211850CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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