CVE-2020-9923 - A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

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HIGH

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

Published Oct 16, 2020

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.23%

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, watchOS 6.2.8. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Vendor Apple Product watchOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <watchOS 6.2.8

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

iOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6

Apple

watchOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<watchOS 6.2.8

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/HT211288
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211291
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT211288		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT211291		x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 16, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Mar 2, 2020

Link CVE-2020-9923

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-9923

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-9923