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CVE-2020-9804
A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. Inserting a USB device that sends…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.30%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. Inserting a USB device that sends invalid messages may cause a kernel panic.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- Inserting a USB device that sends invalid messages may cause a kernel panic
Affected products
References (1)
- https://support.apple.com/HT211170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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