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OS X update for CoreAudio (CVE-2020-9954)

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OS X update for CoreAudio (CVE-2020-9954)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/13/2020
Created
11/14/2020
Added
11/13/2020
Modified
04/05/2021

Description

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_7

References

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