CVE-2020-9914 Denial of service in iOS
An attacker in a privileged network position can cause a denial of service via malformed Bluetooth packets in Apple iOS and tvOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9914?
CVE-2020-9914 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 16 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An input validation issue existed in Bluetooth. This issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, tvOS 13.4.8. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform denial of service attack using malformed Bluetooth packets.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9914?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Tvos.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9914?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9914 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-2020-9914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg47-5j2j-pgvc.