CVE-2020-13520: apple macos

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-13520 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in apple macos. EPSS estimates a 2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 11-12-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An out of bounds memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 reconstructs paths from binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an out of bounds memory modification which can result in remote code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, victim needs to access an attacker-provided malformed file.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.