Is CVE-2020-9973 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-9973 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-9973?

CVE-2020-9973 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-9973?

CVE-2020-9973 has an EPSS score of 1.86% (77th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9973?

Upgrade ipados to 14.0 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-9973

HIGHEPSS 77th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:< 14.0Fixed in:14.0CVE-2020-9973derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:< 14.0Fixed in:14.0CVE-2020-9973derived from NVD

mac os xNVD

Affected:>= 10.15, < 10.15.7Fixed in:10.15.7CVE-2020-9973derived 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

1.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	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.