CVE-2020-3837 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on February 27, 2020
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS contain a memory corruption vulnerability that could allow an application to execute code with kernel privileges.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by July 18, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-3837 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.
CVE-2020-3837 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-3837
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What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2020-3837?
- Apple iPad OS Fixed in Version 13.3.1
- Apple iOS Fixed in Version 13.3.1
- Apple Mac OSX Fixed in Version 10.15.3
- Apple TV OS Fixed in Version 13.3.1
- Apple Watch OS Fixed in Version 6.1.2