PT-2020-5330
CVE-2020-3898
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Published
2020-04-20
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Updated
2026-10-31
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
macOS versions prior to 10.15.4
CUPS (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation, which may allow an application to gain elevated privileges. The issue is related to a buffer overflow in memory, potentially allowing an attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service.
Recommendations
For macOS versions prior to 10.15.4, update to macOS Catalina 10.15.4 to resolve the issue.
For CUPS, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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