CVE-2020-9990

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

• CWE-362

• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Oct 22, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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