CVE-2020-3837

Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

  • High 7.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 27 Jun 2022

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. 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 kernel privileges.

Key facts

Published
27 Feb 2020
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
apple
KEV added
27 Jun 2022
KEV fix due
18 Jul 2022
EPSS
14.774% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 96.735% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOS
  • unspecified up to but excluding iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 (affected)
ApplemacOS
  • unspecified up to but excluding macOS Catalina 10.15.3 (affected)
AppletvOS
  • unspecified up to but excluding tvOS 13.3.1 (affected)
ApplewatchOS
  • unspecified up to but excluding watchOS 6.1.2 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2020 Published
  2. 27 Jun 2022 CVE-2020-3837 added to CISA KEV
  3. 27 Jun 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References