CVE-2020-27898

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 60.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-12-08 20:07Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 16:25Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-10-27

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-252Unchecked Return ValueBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e5c8cce3398f714fbf4e01f9de36c168ae9c944ea244d4420872fafe5d617f65

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931x_refsource_MISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20201215 APPLE-SA-2020-12-14-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2020-11-13-1 macOS Big Sur 11.0.1http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• seclists.org20201215 APPLE-SA-2020-12-14-3 macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojavehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC