CVE-2020-9979 Security feature bypass in iOS and iPadOS
An attacker can exploit a legacy API trust issue to download malicious content, requiring an OS upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9979?
CVE-2020-9979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 27 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A trust issue was addressed by removing a legacy API. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, tvOS 14.0. An attacker may be able to misuse a trust relationship to download malicious content.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9979?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Tvos.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9979?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-9979 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9979 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados
- CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as GHSA-64f5-m6mp-5j6r.