CVE-2020-9991

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, iCloud for Windows 7.21, tvOS 14.0. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.

Published: 2020-12-08 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-9991 is rated Moderate Risk (59.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.14%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-9991

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 2.28% 2.14% -0.14%
2 2025-11-18 2.15% 2.28% +0.13%
3 2025-05-28 — 2.15% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-9991

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-9991

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-9991

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2020-9991 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (sqlite, sqlite3), 34 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 17, ignored 9, DNE 6, deferred 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9991

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-9991

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple icloud < 7.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
apple icloud >= 11.0, < 11.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
apple ipados < 14.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 14.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x < 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 14.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos < 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-9991

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