CVE detail

CVE-2020-9853 — CVE-2020-9853

Published 2020-10-22 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor apple · Product mac_os_x · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

7.8

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0079

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

53.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.4. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.