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TI-2020-08049 Aliases CVE-2020-9979GHSA-64f5-m6mp-5j6r

Apple tvOS: An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious…

Priority LOW 25Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00411 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed tvOS (Apple): 14.0iOS and iPadOS (Apple): 14.0

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AppletvOSbefore 14.014.0Patch availableCNA
AppleiOS and iPadOSbefore 14.014.0Patch availableCNA
  • tvOS VendorApple Affected before 14.0 Fixed in 14.0 Patch available CNA
  • iOS and iPadOS VendorApple Affected before 14.0 Fixed in 14.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 14.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 14.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 14.0VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 14.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 14.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 14.0 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA tvOS (Apple) Fixed in 14.0
  • Fix · CNA iOS and iPadOS (Apple) Fixed in 14.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-9979
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-64f5-m6mp-5j6r

References

Advisory 4

  • 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

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences