TI-2020-07971 Aliases CVE-2020-9898 GHSA-wcvv-p7mm-7f7c

Apple iOS: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions

MEDIUM 45Published 2020-10-22 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01342 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed iOS (Apple): iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6macOS (Apple): macOS Catalina 10.15.6

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apple	iOS	before iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6	iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6	Patch available	CNA
Apple	macOS	before macOS Catalina 10.15.6	macOS Catalina 10.15.6	Patch available	CNA

iOS VendorApple Affected before iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6 Fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6 Patch available CNA
macOS VendorApple Affected before macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::	before 13.6	Vulnerable	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::	before 13.6	Vulnerable	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	10.13.6 to before 10.15.6	Vulnerable	Apple

cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.13.6 to before 10.15.6 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Fix · CNA iOS (Apple) Fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2020-10-22
Apple macOS macOS Catalina 10.15.6
43 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 38 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-07979 Improper input validation in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 47
- TI-2020-07993 Path traversal in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2020-07958 Buffer overflow in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 43
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Release · 2020-10-22
Apple iOS iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
30 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 25 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-07979 Improper input validation in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 47
- TI-2020-07993 Path traversal in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2020-07958 Buffer overflow in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 43
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-9898
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wcvv-p7mm-7f7c

References

Advisory 2

TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-06854 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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