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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2020-9899)

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OS X update for Wi-Fi (CVE-2020-9899)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/28/2020
Created
07/28/2020
Added
07/28/2020
Modified
04/05/2021

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-004-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-004-mojave
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_6

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