CVE-2020-27930

HighCVSS 7.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.1, iOS 12.4.9, watchOS 6.2.9, Security Update 2020-006 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-006 Mojave, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, watchOS 5.3.9, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Update. Processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to arbitrary code execution.

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

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
ApplewatchOS>= unspecified, < 7.1
AppleiOS and iPadOS>= unspecified, < 14.2
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 11.0
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 12.4
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 6.2
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 5.3
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 2020
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < 10.15

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 8, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV
Nov 3, 2021
NVD status
Analyzed

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