CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-9939

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Published: Oct 22, 2020 | Modified: Oct 29, 2020
CVSS 3.x
6.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.

Weakness

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource’s state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple * 10.15.6 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References