CVE-2020-3837
Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 18 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.3, tvOS 13.3.1, watchOS 6.1.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 14.84% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 February 2020
- CISA KEV
- Listed 27 June 2022 · due 18 July 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS moved from 14.7% on 24 September 2026 to 14.8% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3837
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT210918Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210919Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210920Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210921Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210918Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210919Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210920Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT210921Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-3837US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.