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OS X update for libxml2 (CVE-2020-3846)

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OS X update for libxml2 (CVE-2020-3846)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/29/2020
Created
01/30/2020
Added
01/29/2020
Modified
04/05/2021

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.3, tvOS 13.3.1, watchOS 6.1.2, iTunes for Windows 12.10.4, iCloud for Windows 11.0, iCloud for Windows 7.17. Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-001-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-001-mojave
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_3

References

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