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CVE-2020-9839
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5, tvOS…
High7.0EPSS 3.7%
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- apple
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5, tvOS 13.4.5, watchOS 6.2.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% 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 gain elevated privileges
- CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (4)
- https://support.apple.com/HT211168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT211170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT211171 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT211175 (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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