CVE-2020-9974: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 11.0.1 (fixed in 11.0.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)
• Apple watchOS: before 7.1 (fixed in 7.1)

Published 2020-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.