Actively exploited · Published Oct 16, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9907

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in iOS from Apple. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on June 27, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 11.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jun 27, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Jul 18, 2022.

Official description

A memory corruption issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, tvOS 13.4.8. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before tvOS 13.4.8

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://support.apple.com/HT211288 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/HT211290 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-9907 government-resource