Use After Free Vulnerability Affecting Apple iOS and macOS Products
CVE-2020-9893

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Apple
Status
iOS
TV OS
Watch OS
Safari
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2020

What is CVE-2020-9893?

This vulnerability involves a use after free issue that arises from improper memory management, potentially allowing a remote attacker to trigger unexpected application termination or even execute arbitrary code within the scope of affected Apple products, including iOS and iPadOS devices, various versions of tvOS, watchOS, as well as Safari and iCloud applications on Windows.

Affected Version(s)

iCloud for Windows < unspecified

iCloud for Windows (Legacy) < unspecified

iOS < unspecified

References

https://support.apple.com/HT211288
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https://support.apple.com/HT211290
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https://support.apple.com/HT211291
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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