Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-3838

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. 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 system privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.3
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before tvOS 13.3.1
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before watchOS 6.1.2

References

https://support.apple.com/HT210919 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/HT210918 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/HT210921 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/HT210920 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327 x_refsource_CONFIRM
20210427 APPLE-SA-2021-04-26-3 Security Update 2021-002 Catalina mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC