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    About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave

    This document describes the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave.

    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 Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave

    Released December 14, 2020

    AMD

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-27914: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

    CVE-2020-27915: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

    AMD

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory

    Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-27936: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    App Store

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges

    Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

    CVE-2020-27903: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab

    AppleGraphicsControl

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

    Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.

    CVE-2020-27941: shrek_wzw

    AppleMobileFileIntegrity

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

    CVE-2020-29621: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may disclose restricted memory

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

    CVE-2020-29610: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

    Entry added March 16, 2021

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-27910: JunDong Xie and XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory

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

    CVE-2020-9943: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

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

    CVE-2020-9944: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Audio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-27916: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Bluetooth

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption

    Description: Multiple integer overflows were addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-27906: Zuozhi Fan (@pattern_F_) of Ant Group Tianqiong Security Lab

    CoreAudio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

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

    CVE-2020-27948: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CoreAudio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-27908: Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2020-9960: JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry updated March 16, 2021

    CoreAudio

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-10017: Francis working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CoreText

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-27922: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro

    CUPS

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory

    Description: An input validation issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

    CVE-2020-10001: Niky <[email protected]> of China Mobile

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    FontParser

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory

    Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-27946: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero

    FontParser

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-9962: Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit)

    FontParser

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-27952: an anonymous researcher, Mickey Jin and Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro

    FontParser

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-9956: Mickey Jin and Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro Mobile Security Research Team working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

    FontParser

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

    Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of font files. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-27931: Apple

    CVE-2020-27943: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero

    CVE-2020-27944: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero

    CVE-2020-29624: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero

    Entry updated December 22, 2020

    FontParser

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory

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

    CVE-2020-29608: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Foundation

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A local user may be able to read arbitrary files

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-10002: James Hutchins

    Graphics Drivers

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

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

    CVE-2020-27947: ABC Research s.r.o. working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry updated March 16, 2021

    Graphics Drivers

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

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

    CVE-2020-29612: ABC Research s.r.o. working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

    HomeKit

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to unexpectedly alter application state

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved setting propagation.

    CVE-2020-9978: Luyi Xing, Dongfang Zhao, and Xiaofeng Wang of Indiana University Bloomington, Yan Jia of Xidian University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Bin Yuan of HuaZhong University of Science and Technology

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

    CVE-2020-27939: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2020-29625: XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added December 22, 2020, updated February 1, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service

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

    CVE-2020-29615: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

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

    CVE-2020-29616: zhouat working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    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-2020-27924: Lei Sun

    CVE-2020-29618: XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

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

    CVE-2020-29611: Alexandru-Vlad Niculae working with Google Project Zero

    Entry updated December 17, 2020

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

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

    CVE-2020-29617: XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2020-29619: XingWei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    ImageIO

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-27912: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    CVE-2020-27923: Lei Sun

    Image Processing

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-27919: Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Intel Graphics Driver

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-10015: ABC Research s.r.o. working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

    CVE-2020-27897: Xiaolong Bai and Min (Spark) Zheng of Alibaba Inc. and Luyi Xing of Indiana University Bloomington

    Intel Graphics Driver

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    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-2020-27907: ABC Research s.r.o. working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

    Entry updated March 16, 2021

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-9974: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-10016: Alex Helie

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-9967: Alex Plaskett (@alexjplaskett)

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

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

    CVE-2020-9975: Tielei Wang of Pangu Lab

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

    CVE-2020-27921: Linus Henze (pinauten.de)

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: A malicious application may cause unexpected changes in memory belonging to processes traced by DTrace

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions.

    CVE-2020-27949: Steffen Klee (@_kleest) of TU Darmstadt, Secure Mobile Networking Lab

    Kernel

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements.

    CVE-2020-29620: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

    libxml2

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: An integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.

    CVE-2020-27911: found by OSS-Fuzz

    libxml2

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution

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

    CVE-2020-27920: found by OSS-Fuzz

    libxml2

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

    CVE-2020-27926: found by OSS-Fuzz

    libxpc

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation.

    CVE-2020-10014: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab

    Logging

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

    Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

    CVE-2020-10010: Tommy Muir (@Muirey03)

    Login Window

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to bypass authentication policy

    Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-29633: Jewel Lambert of Original Spin, LLC.

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Model I/O

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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

    Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

    CVE-2020-29614: ZhiWei Sun(@5n1p3r0010) of Topsec Alpha Lab

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Model I/O

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

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

    CVE-2020-13520: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Model I/O

    Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

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

    CVE-2020-9972: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Model I/O

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

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

    CVE-2020-13524: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos

    Model I/O

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-10004: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos

    NSRemoteView

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

    CVE-2020-27901: Thijs Alkemade of Computest Research Division

    Power Management

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-27938: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    Power Management

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

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

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-10007: singi@theori working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

    Quick Look

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted document may lead to a cross site scripting attack

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

    CVE-2020-10012: Heige of KnownSec 404 Team (knownsec.com) and Bo Qu of Palo Alto Networks (paloaltonetworks.com)

    Ruby

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A remote attacker may be able to modify the file system

    Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

    CVE-2020-27896: an anonymous researcher

    System Preferences

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions

    Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

    CVE-2020-10009: Thijs Alkemade of Computest Research Division

    WebKit Storage

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: A user may be unable to fully delete browsing history

    Description: "Clear History and Website Data" did not clear the history. The issue was addressed with improved data deletion.

    CVE-2020-29623: Simon Hunt of OvalTwo LTD

    Entry added February 1, 2021

    WebRTC

    Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

    Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

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

    CVE-2020-15969: an anonymous researcher

    Wi-Fi

    Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7

    Impact: An attacker may be able to bypass Managed Frame Protection

    Description: A denial of service issue was addressed with improved state handling.

    CVE-2020-27898: Stephan Marais of University of Johannesburg

    Additional recognition

    CoreAudio

    We would like to acknowledge JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab for their assistance.

    Entry added March 16, 2021

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    Published Date: November 28, 2023
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