CVE-2020-9972

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

1.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 71.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

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 19:22Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-03-02

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f11b8489d258c49c6b51c526c8f464379d691b8aa1b3a0f17cf2f1dd4834d078

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• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212005x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212003x_refsource_CONFIRM