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Fencer Intel
medium 4.3

CVE-2020-9857 json

An issue existed in the parsing of URLs.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-30636

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.5, Security Update 2020-003 Mojave, Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra. A malicious website may be able to exfiltrate autofilled data in Safari.

Patch / fix

  • Apple macOS 10.15

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Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Apple macOS

References

Sources

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