CVE-2020-3898 (GCVE-0-2020-3898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-22 17:48 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52
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Summary
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.4. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211100 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (custom)
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