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CVE-2020-9979
A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.41%
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- apple
Description
A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% 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 5.5.
Weakness
- An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 14.0
- affected unspecified – < 14.0
References (4)
- 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
- 20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-16-2 tvOS 14.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20201115 APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-09-16-1 iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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