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CVE-2020-9796
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to…
High7.0EPSS 0.23%
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- apple
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
- An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
- CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (1)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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