TI-2020-08067 Aliases CVE-2020-9997 GHSA-5jgx-55qh-p965

Apple macOS: A malicious application may disclose restricted memory

LOW 26Published 2020-10-22 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
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

An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6, watchOS 6.2.8. A malicious application may disclose restricted memory.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00857 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed macOS (Apple): macOS Catalina 10.15.6watchOS (Apple): watchOS 6.2.8

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	macOS	before macOS Catalina 10.15.6	macOS Catalina 10.15.6	Patch available	CNA
Apple	watchOS	before watchOS 6.2.8	watchOS 6.2.8	Patch available	CNA

macOS VendorApple Affected before macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Patch available CNA
watchOS VendorApple Affected before watchOS 6.2.8 Fixed in watchOS 6.2.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	before 10.15.6	Vulnerable	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::	before 6.2.8	Vulnerable	Apple

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.15.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.2.8 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Fix · CNA watchOS (Apple) Fixed in watchOS 6.2.8

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-2020-07971 Apple iOS: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictionsPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2020-07993 Path traversal in Apple iOSPriority MEDIUM 43
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Release · 2020-10-22
Apple watchOS watchOS 6.2.8
27 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 23 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-2020-9997
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5jgx-55qh-p965

References

Advisory 2

TI-2021-01573 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-01572 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-02117 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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