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OS X update for ImageIO (CVE-2020-9955)

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OS X update for ImageIO (CVE-2020-9955)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/01/2021
Created
04/02/2021
Added
04/01/2021
Modified
12/06/2022

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_0_1

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