CVE-2020-9897 - An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation

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HIGH

An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation

Published Oct 28, 2021

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.94%

Description

An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS and iPadOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <14.2
Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <11.0

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<14.2

Apple

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<11.0

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 28, 2021

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Mar 2, 2020

Link CVE-2020-9897

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-9897

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-9897