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CVE-2020-9818

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 2.29%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, iOS 12.4.7, watchOS 6.2.5. Processing a maliciously crafted mail message may lead to unexpected memory modification or application termination.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.29% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/watchos
Source
product-security@apple.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9818

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.