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CVE-2020-9990

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

  • Published: Oct 22, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-9990
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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 - 10.5.6