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CVE-2020-9978
This issue was addressed with improved setting propagation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1,…
Medium4.5EPSS 0.54%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
This issue was addressed with improved setting propagation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% 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: Medium 4.5.
Weakness
- An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state
Affected products
References (5)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011 (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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