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GeezerVison is showing support.apple.com — About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.3, Security Update 2020-001 Mojave, Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra - Apple Support

    About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.3, Security Update 2020-001 Mojave, Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra

    This document describes the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.3, Security Update 2020-001 Mojave, Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra.

    About Apple security updates

    For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.

    Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.

    For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page.

    macOS Catalina 10.15.3, Security Update 2020-001 Mojave, Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra

    Released January 28, 2020

    AnnotationKit

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-3877: an anonymous researcher working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    apache_mod_php

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Multiple issues in PHP

    Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to PHP version 7.3.11.

    CVE-2019-11043

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-3857: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

    autofs

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Searching for and opening a file from an attacker controlled NFS mount may bypass Gatekeeper

    Description: This was addressed with additional checks by Gatekeeper on files mounted through a network share.

    CVE-2020-3866: Jose Castro Almeida (@HackerOn2Wheels) and René Kroka (@rene_kroka)

    CoreBluetooth

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-3848: Jianjun Dai of Qihoo 360 Alpha Lab

    CVE-2020-3849: Jianjun Dai of Qihoo 360 Alpha Lab

    CVE-2020-3850: Jianjun Dai of Qihoo 360 Alpha Lab

    Entry updated February 3, 2020

    CoreBluetooth

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-3847: Jianjun Dai of Qihoo 360 Alpha Lab

    Entry updated February 3, 2020

    Crash Reporter

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to access restricted files

    Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

    CVE-2020-3835: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit)

    crontab

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-3863: James Hutchins

    Entry added September 8, 2020

    Found in Apps

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Encrypted data may be inappropriately accessed

    Description: An issue existed with Siri Suggestions access to encrypted data. The issue was fixed by limiting access to encrypted data.

    CVE-2020-9774: Bob Gendler of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Entry updated July 28, 2020

    Image Processing

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted JPEG file may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-3827: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-3826: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero

    CVE-2020-3870

    CVE-2020-3878: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero

    CVE-2020-3880: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero

    Entry updated April 4, 2020

    Intel Graphics Driver

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-3845: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

    IOAcceleratorFamily

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-3837: Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero

    IOThunderboltFamily

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges

    Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

    CVE-2020-3851: Xiaolong Bai and Min (Spark) Zheng of Alibaba Inc. and Luyi Xing of Indiana University Bloomington

    Entry added April 4, 2020

    IPSec

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Loading a maliciously crafted racoon configuration file may lead to arbitrary code execution

    Description: An off by one issue existed in the handling of racoon configuration files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2020-3840: @littlelailo

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

    Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

    CVE-2020-3875: Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

    Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-3872: Haakon Garseg Mørk of Cognite and Cim Stordal of Cognite

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-3853: Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout

    Description: An access issue was addressed with improved memory management.

    CVE-2020-3836: Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-3842: Ned Williamson working with Google Project Zero

    CVE-2020-3871: Corellium

    libxml2

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation.

    CVE-2020-3846: Ranier Vilela

    Entry updated February 3, 2020

    libxpc

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted string may lead to heap corruption

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-3856: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

    libxpc

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges

    Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

    CVE-2020-3829: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

    PackageKit

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files

    Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

    CVE-2020-3830: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit)

    Security

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

    CVE-2020-3854: Jakob Rieck (@0xdead10cc) and Maximilian Blochberger of the Security in Distributed Systems Group of University of Hamburg

    Entry updated February 3, 2020

    sudo

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: Certain configurations may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code

    Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2019-18634: Apple

    System

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to overwrite arbitrary files

    Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.

    CVE-2020-3855: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit)

    Wi-Fi

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

    Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

    CVE-2020-3839: s0ngsari of Theori and Lee of Seoul National University working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

    Wi-Fi

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-3843: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

    Entry updated May 13, 2020

    wifivelocityd

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.2

    Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges

    Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.

    CVE-2020-3838: Dayton Pidhirney (@_watbulb)

    Additional recognition

    Photos Storage

    We would like to acknowledge Allison Husain of UC Berkeley for their assistance.

    Entry updated March 19, 2020

    SharedFileList

    We would like to acknowledge Patrick Wardle of Jamf for their assistance.

    Entry added April 4, 2020

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    Published Date: November 06, 2023
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