CVE-2020-9818

HIGH KEV

iPadOS < 13.5 - Out-of-bounds Write via Maliciously Crafted Mail Message

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2020-9818 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 3, 2021.

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/HT211168
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/HT211175
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/HT211169

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0087
EPSS Percentile 75.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV 2020-04-22
InTheWild.io 2021-07-23
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2020-30597
CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
apple/ipados < 13.5
apple/iphone_os < 12.4.7
apple/watchos < 6.2.5
Published Jun 09, 2020
KEV Added Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026