Is CVE-2020-9994 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-9994 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-9994?

CVE-2020-9994 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-9994?

CVE-2020-9994 has an EPSS score of 0.94% (57th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9994?

Upgrade ipados to 13.5 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-9994

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5, tvOS 13.4.5, watchOS 6.2.5. A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files.

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:< 13.5Fixed in:13.5CVE-2020-9994derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:< 13.5Fixed in:13.5CVE-2020-9994derived from NVD

mac os xNVD

Affected:< 10.15.5Fixed in:10.15.5CVE-2020-9994derived from NVD

tvosNVD

Affected:< 13.4.5Fixed in:13.4.5CVE-2020-9994derived from NVD

watchosNVD

Affected:< 6.2.5Fixed in:6.2.5CVE-2020-9994derived 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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.94%probability of exploitation in 30 days

57thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 57% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory4

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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.