About the security content of Safari 14.0.1

This document describes the security content of Safari 14.0.1.

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Safari 14.0.1

Released November 12, 2020

Safari

Available for: macOS Catalina and macOS Mojave

Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing

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

CVE-2020-9945: Narendra Bhati of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd. Pune (India) @imnarendrabhati

WebKit

Available for: macOS Catalina and macOS Mojave

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-2020-27918: Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Entry updated March 16, 2021

Additional recognition

Safari

We would like to acknowledge Narendra Bhati of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd. Pune (India) @imnarendrabhati for their assistance.

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Published Date: November 02, 2023