Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2020-9837
Published: May 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28351
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9837
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the IPSec functionality. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
macOS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9837
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 10.15.5 19F96