CVE-2020-3837 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since June 27, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.05919.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Ipados Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25102	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT210918
https://support.apple.com/HT210919
https://support.apple.com/HT210920
https://support.apple.com/HT210921

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-06-27'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2020-02-27T20:45:04.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:45:47.931Z

Reserved: 2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-3837

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:44:51.194Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-02-27T21:15:16.630

Modified: 2025-02-28T14:44:48.713

Link: CVE-2020-3837

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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