CVE-2020-9830

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, macOS Catalina 10.15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

Apple iPadOS: before 13.5 — fixed in 13.5
Apple Iphone Os: before 13.5 — fixed in 13.5
macOS: from 10.13 before 10.13.6; from 10.14 before 10.14.6; from 10.15 before 10.15.5; 10.13.6, 10.13.6-security_update_2018-002, 10.13.6-security_update_2018-003, 10.13.6-security_update_2019-001, 10.13.6-security_update_2019-002, 10.13.6-security_update_2019-003 (+16) — fixed in 10.13.6, 10.14.6, 10.15.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 13.5; Apple Iphone Os 13.5; macOS 10.13.6, 10.14.6, 10.15.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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