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CVE-2020-10016

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.2 — fixed in 14.2
• Apple Iphone Os: before 14.2 — fixed in 14.2
• macOS: from 10.14.0 before 10.14.6; from 10.15 before 10.15.7; 10.14.6-security_update_2019-001, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-002, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-004, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-005, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-006, 10.14.6-security_update_2019-007 (+9) — fixed in 10.14.6, 10.15.7
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.1 — fixed in 11.1
• Apple tvOS: before 14.2 — fixed in 14.2
• Apple watchOS: before 7.1 — fixed in 7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 14.2; Apple Iphone Os 14.2; macOS 10.14.6, 10.15.7; Apple macOS 11.1; Apple tvOS 14.2; Apple watchOS 7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211928
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211930
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211928
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211930

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