CVE detail
CVE-2020-9859
A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
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Evidence
Source links by recency
4 source links · newest first
- Pwn20wnd released the unc0ver v 6.0 jailbreaking toolSecurity Affairs
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newssecurityaffairs.comJun 7, 2020, 11:40 AM This week Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability that had been used to jailbreak iPhones devices. Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability in the iOS kernel that had been used to jailbreak iPhones. The flaw was discovered by a team of cyber-security researchers and hackers that also […]
newssecurityaffairs.comJun 2, 2020, 12:18 PM- Apple Patches Recent iPhone Jailbreak Zero-DaySecurityWeek
Apple on Monday released security patches to address a zero-day vulnerability that had been used to jailbreak iPhones running iOS 13.5. Tracked as CVE-2020-9859, the vulnerability was found in the iOS kernel and it can allow an application to achieve unsandboxed, kernel-level code execution.
newswww.securityweek.comJun 2, 2020, 8:57 AM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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