Memory corruption in watchOS - CVE-2020-27905
Published: November 6, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48184
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27905
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the IOAcceleratorFamily subsystem. A malicious local application can execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
Affected software
watchOS
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-27905
Install updates from vendor's website.
watchOS - update to 7.1 18R590
tvOS - update to 14.2 18K57
iPadOS - update to 14.2 18B92
Apple iOS - update to 14.2 18B92
tvOS - update to 14.2 18K57
iPadOS - update to 14.2 18B92
Apple iOS - update to 14.2 18B92