What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-9981

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% 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-416

Description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, iTunes for Windows 12.10.9, iCloud for Windows 11.5, tvOS 14.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-005 Mojave. Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iCloud for Windows: before 11.5 — fixed in 11.5
• Apple iPadOS: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0
• Apple Iphone Os: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0
• Apple iTunes for Windows: before 12.10.9 — fixed in 12.10.9
• macOS: before 10.15.7 — fixed in 10.15.7
• Apple tvOS: before 14.0 — fixed in 14.0
• Apple watchOS: before 7.0 — fixed in 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iCloud for Windows 11.5; Apple iPadOS 14.0; Apple Iphone Os 14.0; Apple iTunes for Windows 12.10.9; macOS 10.15.7; Apple tvOS 14.0; Apple watchOS 7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211935
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211952
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211843
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211849
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211935
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211952

Get alerted when CVE-2020-9981 or the next vulnerability affects your stack