CVE-2020-10005 Denial of service in macOS
An attacker in a privileged network position can cause denial of service on macOS via resource exhaustion, requiring an OS upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10005?
CVE-2020-10005 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 28 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10005?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Macos.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-10005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cgq3-qv94-6p9p.