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# About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 This document describes the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. ## 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](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222>) page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by [CVE-ID](<http://cve.mitre.org/about/>) when possible. For more information about security, see the [Apple Product Security](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201220>) page. ![](/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/mac_apps/itunes/divider.png) ## macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Released November 12, 2020 **AMD** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **App Store** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **Audio** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **Audio** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Group Light-Year Security Lab **Audio** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Group Light-Year Security Lab **Bluetooth** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **CFNetwork Cache** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2020-27945: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team Entry added March 16, 2021 **CoreAudio** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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: JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2020-27909: 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 added December 14, 2020 **CoreAudio** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **CoreCapture** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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-2020-9949: Proteas **CoreGraphics** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2020-9897: S.Y. of ZecOps Mobile XDR, an anonymous researcher Entry added October 25, 2021 **CoreGraphics** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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-2020-9883: an anonymous researcher, Mickey Jin of Trend Micro **Crash Reporter** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges Description: An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. CVE-2020-10003: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan **CoreText** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **CoreText** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-9999: Apple Entry updated December 14, 2020 **Directory Utility** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to access private information Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-27937: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing Entry added March 16, 2021 **Disk Images** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2020-9965: Proteas CVE-2020-9966: Proteas **Finder** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Users may be unable to remove metadata indicating where files were downloaded from Description: The issue was addressed with additional user controls. CVE-2020-27894: Manuel Trezza of Shuggr (shuggr.com) **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1790: Peter Nguyen Vu Hoang of STAR Labs Entry added May 25, 2022 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. CVE-2021-1775: Mickey Jin and Qi Sun of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative Entry added October 25, 2021 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2020-29629: an anonymous researcher Entry added October 25, 2021 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-27942: an anonymous researcher Entry added October 25, 2021 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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) Entry added December 14, 2020 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild. Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2020-27930: Google Project Zero **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2020-27927: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **FontParser** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2020-29639: Mickey Jin & Qi Sun of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative Entry added July 21, 2021 **Foundation** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **HomeKit** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **ImageIO** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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-2020-9955: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab Entry added December 14, 2020 **ImageIO** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **ImageIO** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry updated December 14, 2020 **ImageIO** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2020-9876: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro **Intel Graphics Driver** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **Intel Graphics Driver** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 added December 14, 2020, updated March 16, 2021 **Image Processing** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **Kernel** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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) Entry added December 14, 2020 **Kernel** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **Kernel** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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) Entry added December 14, 2020 **Kernel** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A logic issue existed resulting in memory corruption. This was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-27904: Zuozhi Fan (@pattern_F_) of Ant Group Tianqong Security Lab **Kernel** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to inject into active connections within a VPN tunnel Description: A routing issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2019-14899: William J. Tolley, Beau Kujath, and Jedidiah R. Crandall **Kernel** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild. Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed. CVE-2020-27950: Google Project Zero **Kernel** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild. Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. CVE-2020-27932: Google Project Zero **libxml2** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2020-27917: found by OSS-Fuzz CVE-2020-27920: found by OSS-Fuzz Entry updated December 14, 2020 **libxml2** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **libxpc** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2020-9971: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab Entry added December 14, 2020 **libxpc** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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) **Mail** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A remote attacker may be able to unexpectedly alter application state Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-9941: Fabian Ising of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences and Damian Poddebniak of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences **Messages** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A local user may be able to discover a user’s deleted messages Description: The issue was addressed with improved deletion. CVE-2020-9988: William Breuer of the Netherlands CVE-2020-9989: von Brunn Media **Model I/O** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 bounds checking. CVE-2020-10011: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Entry added December 14, 2020 **Model I/O** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **NetworkExtension** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2020-9996: Zhiwei Yuan of Trend Micro iCore Team, Junzhi Lu and Mickey Jin of Trend Micro **NSRemoteView** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 Entry added December 14, 2020 **NSRemoteView** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to preview files it does not have access to Description: An issue existed in the handling of snapshots. The issue was resolved with improved permissions logic. CVE-2020-27900: Thijs Alkemade of Computest Research Division **PCRE** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Multiple issues in pcre Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 8.44. CVE-2019-20838 CVE-2020-14155 **Power Management** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **python** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Cookies belonging to one origin may be sent to another origin Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic. CVE-2020-27896: an anonymous researcher **Quick Look** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious app may be able to determine the existence of files on the computer Description: The issue was addressed with improved handling of icon caches. CVE-2020-9963: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security **Quick Look** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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) Entry updated March 16, 2021 **Ruby** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **Ruby** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: When parsing certain JSON documents, the json gem can be coerced into creating arbitrary objects in the target system Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-10663: Jeremy Evans **Safari** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **Safari** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to determine a user's open tabs in Safari Description: A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification. This issue was addressed with improved validation of the process entitlement. CVE-2020-9977: Josh Parnham (@joshparnham) **Safari** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-9942: an anonymous researcher, Rahul d Kankrale (servicenger.com), Rayyan Bijoora (@Bijoora) of The City School, PAF Chapter, Ruilin Yang of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab, YoKo Kho (@YoKoAcc) of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Zhiyang Zeng(@Wester) of OPPO ZIWU Security Lab **Safari** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management Description: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing. CVE-2020-9987: Rafay Baloch (cybercitadel.com) of Cyber Citadel Entry added July 21, 2021 **Sandbox** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A local application may be able to enumerate the user's iCloud documents Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. CVE-2021-1803: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security Entry added March 16, 2021 **Sandbox** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A local user may be able to view senstive user information Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions. CVE-2020-9969: Wojciech Reguła of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) **Screen Sharing** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A user with screen sharing access may be able to view another user's screen Description: An issue existed in screen sharing. This issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-27893: pcsgomes Entry added March 16, 2021 **Siri** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access contacts from the lock screen Description: A lock screen issue allowed access to contacts on a locked device. This issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1755: Yuval Ron, Amichai Shulman, and Eli Biham of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Entry added March 16, 2021 **smbx** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform denial of service Description: A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2020-10005: Apple Entry added October 25, 2021 **SQLite** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-9991 **SQLite** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-9849 **SQLite** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: Multiple issues in SQLite Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-15358 **SQLite** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A maliciously crafted SQL query may lead to data corruption Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-13631 **SQLite** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-13434 CVE-2020-13435 CVE-2020-9991 **SQLite** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-13630 **Symptom Framework** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2020-27899: 08Tc3wBB working with ZecOps Entry added December 14, 2020 **System Preferences** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **TCC** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application with root privileges may be able to access private information Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2020-10008: Wojciech Reguła of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) Entry added December 14, 2020 **WebKit** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 December 14, 2020 **WebKit** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management Description: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2020-9947: cc working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative CVE-2020-9950: cc working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative Entry added July 21, 2021 **Wi-Fi** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 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 **XNU** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic. CVE-2020-27935: Lior Halphon (@LIJI32) Entry added December 17, 2020 **Xsan** Available for: Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) Impact: A malicious application may be able to access restricted files Description: This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. CVE-2020-10006: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing ![](/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/mac_apps/itunes/divider.png) ## Additional recognition **802.1X** We would like to acknowledge Kenana Dalle of Hamad bin Khalifa University and Ryan Riley of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar for their assistance. Entry added December 14, 2020 **Audio** We would like to acknowledge JunDong Xie and Xingwei Lin of Ant-Financial Light-Year Security Lab, Marc Schoenefeld Dr. rer. nat. for their assistance. Entry updated March 16, 2021 **Bluetooth** We would like to acknowledge Andy Davis of NCC Group, Dennis Heinze (@ttdennis) of TU Darmstadt, Secure Mobile Networking Lab for their assistance. Entry updated December 14, 2020 **Clang** We would like to acknowledge Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero for their assistance. **Core Location** We would like to acknowledge Yiğit Can YILMAZ (@yilmazcanyigit) for their assistance. **Crash Reporter** We would like to acknowledge Artur Byszko of AFINE for their assistance. Entry added December 14, 2020 **Directory Utility** We would like to acknowledge Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing for their assistance. **iAP** We would like to acknowledge Andy Davis of NCC Group for their assistance. **Kernel** We would like to acknowledge Brandon Azad of Google Project Zero, Stephen Röttger of Google for their assistance. **libxml2** We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance. Entry added December 14, 2020 **Login Window** We would like to acknowledge Rob Morton of Leidos for their assistance. Entry added March 16, 2021 **Login Window** We would like to acknowledge Rob Morton of Leidos for their assistance. **Photos Storage** We would like to acknowledge Paulos Yibelo of LimeHats for their assistance. **Quick Look** We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) and Wojciech Reguła of SecuRing (wojciechregula.blog) for their assistance. **Safari** We would like to acknowledge Gabriel Corona and Narendra Bhati of Suma Soft Pvt. Ltd. Pune (India) @imnarendrabhati for their assistance. **Security** We would like to acknowledge Christian Starkjohann of Objective Development Software GmbH for their assistance. **System Preferences** We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security for their assistance. Entry added March 16, 2021 **System Preferences** We would like to acknowledge Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security for their assistance. **WebKit** Maximilian Blochberger of the Security in Distributed Systems Group of University of Hamburg Entry added May 25, 2022 Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. [Contact the vendor](<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2693>) for additional information. Published Date: May 25, 2022


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
macos big sur 11.0.1

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