About the security content of Xcode 12.4
This document describes the security content of Xcode 12.4.
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Xcode 12.4
Xcode IDE
Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to access arbitrary files on the host device while running an app that uses on-demand resources with Xcode
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2021-1800: Theodore Dubois (@tblodt)
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