CVE-2020-9792 Denial of service in iOS
A USB device can cause a denial of service on Apple operating systems due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9792?
CVE-2020-9792 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 9 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5. A USB device may be able to cause a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9792?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Mac Os X.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9792?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9792 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-2020-9792 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9792 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jxm3-39w9-6hcr.