Is CVE-2020-9962 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-9962 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-9962?

CVE-2020-9962 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-9962?

CVE-2020-9962 has an EPSS score of 1.18% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9962?

Upgrade ipados to 14.0 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-9962

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, tvOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:< 14.0Fixed in:14.0CVE-2020-9962derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:< 14.0Fixed in:14.0CVE-2020-9962derived from NVD

mac os xNVD

Affected:>= 10.15, < 10.15.7Fixed in:10.15.7CVE-2020-9962derived from NVD

macosNVD

Affected:>= 11.0, < 11.0.1Fixed in:11.0.1CVE-2020-9962derived from NVD

tvosNVD

Affected:< 14.0Fixed in:14.0CVE-2020-9962derived from NVD

watchosNVD

Affected:< 7.0Fixed in:7.0CVE-2020-9962derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0195	Medium	6.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7269	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-11043	High	8.7	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-4862	High	10.0	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-5659	High	7.8	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-3786	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.