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high 7.8

CVE-2020-10016 json

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-2481

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Patch / fix

  • Apple watchOS 7.1
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 14.2
  • Apple tvOS 14.2
  • Apple macOS 11.0

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Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Apple watchOS
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple tvOS
  • Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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