CVE-2020-9959 - A lock screen issue allowed access to messages on a locked device

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A lock screen issue allowed access to messages on a locked device

Published Oct 16, 2020

2.4

LOW

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.28%

Description

A lock screen issue allowed access to messages on a locked device. This issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to view notification contents from the lockscreen.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0

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

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-667

References (2)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211850
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/20		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211850		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 16, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Mar 2, 2020

Link CVE-2020-9959

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-9959

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-9959