What is CVE-2020-9832?

CVE-2020-9832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-9832?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-9832 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Apple macOS

CVE-2020-9832

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Macos — versions unspecified
Apple Mac_os_x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

didi/kemon

References

product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9832?: CVE-2020-9832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-9832?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-9832 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.