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CVE-2020-9796

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

  • Published: Oct 22, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-9796
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x - 10.15.5