An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input 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 audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.14.x prior to 10.14.6 Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, 10.15.x prior to 10.15.7 Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, or 11.x prior to 11.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

  - Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2020-9960,     CVE-2020-10017, CVE-2020-27908, CVE-2020-27910, CVE-2020-27916, CVE-2020-27948)

  - Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2020-9962,     CVE-2020-27912, CVE-2020-27919, CVE-2020-27923, CVE-2020-27924, CVE-2020-29611, CVE-2020-29616,     CVE-2020-29618)

  - Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2020-9956,     CVE-2020-27922, CVE-2020-27931, CVE-2020-27943, CVE-2020-27944, CVE-2020-27952)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2020-9960

high

Tenable Plugins

high