CVE-2020-9917 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.

Published: 2020-10-16

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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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

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-30696	This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01587.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT211288

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-10-16T16:48:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:43:05.428Z

Reserved: 2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-9917

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T17:15:17.217

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:28:48.200

Link: CVE-2020-9917

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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