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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2020-9785)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2020-9785)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/25/2020
Created
03/26/2020
Added
03/25/2020
Modified
04/05/2021

Description

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4, macOS Catalina 10.15.4, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_4

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