apple ipad-os CVE-2020-9907 vulnerability in Apple Products
Published on October 16, 2020

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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.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Apple iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 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-2020-9907 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 Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2020-9907 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


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