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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2020-9808)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2020-9808)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/27/2020
Created
05/27/2020
Added
05/27/2020
Modified
04/05/2021

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5, tvOS 13.4.5, watchOS 6.2.5. An application may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-003-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-003-mojave
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_5

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