CVE-2020-9981
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, iTunes…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, iTunes for Windows 12.10.9, iCloud for Windows 11.5, tvOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
- CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (6)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 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/HT211935 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211952 (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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-9981)Record last updated .