CVE-2020-9818 (GCVE-0-2020-9818)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-09 16:12
Modified
2025-12-20 04:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Processing a maliciously crafted mail message may lead to unexpected memory modification or application termination
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2021-11-03
Due date: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9818
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Nomenclature
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