CVE-2020-9992 Code injection in Xcode
An attacker in a privileged network position can execute arbitrary code on paired devices during network debug sessions in iOS and Xcode.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9992?
CVE-2020-9992 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 16 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
This issue was addressed by encrypting communications over the network to devices running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, Xcode 12.0. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code on a paired device during a debug session over the network.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9992?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Xcode.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9992?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2020-9992 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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- 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-xvpf-r299-6m5q.