CVE-2020-27897 Memory corruption in macOS

What is CVE-2020-27897?

CVE-2020-27897 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27897?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27897?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-27897 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27897 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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