How severe is CVE-2020-9859?

CVE-2020-9859 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2020-9859: Apple Multiple Products Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2022-05-03

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9859

Description

A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified to <iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update
Apple	tvOS	unspecified to <tvOS 13.4.6
Apple	watchOS	unspecified to <watchOS 6.2.6

References

1 Links

Other references

https://support.apple.com/HT211214

Record Details

Published

2020-06-05

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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