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OS X update for Disk Images (CVE-2020-9966)

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OS X update for Disk Images (CVE-2020-9966)

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
12/06/2022

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_0_1

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