CVE-2020-3871

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

• CWE-787

• https://support.apple.com/HT210919Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT210919Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Feb 27, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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