CVE-2020-9971: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.0 (fixed in 14.0)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 14.0 (fixed in 14.0)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.0.1 (fixed in 11.0.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 14.0 (fixed in 14.0)
• Apple watchOS: before 7.0 (fixed in 7.0)

Published 2021-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.