CVE-2020-9927

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
ApplemacOS>= unspecified, < macOS Catalina 10.15.6

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 22, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-9927: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix