CVE-2020-10016

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	watchOS	>= unspecified, < 7.1
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	>= unspecified, < 14.2
Apple	tvOS	>= unspecified, < 14.2
Apple	macOS	>= unspecified, < 11.0

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211928Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211930Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211928Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211930Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 8, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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