CVE-2020-9934: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Input Validation Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS contain an unspecified vulnerability involving input validation which can allow a local attacker to view sensitive user information.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An unspecified input validation vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS can allow a local attacker to view sensitive user information.
- Who is affected
- Users of Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the severity of information disclosure.
- Action
- Install the latest updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9934
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2020-9934Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 87% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-9934 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Apple iOS
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownNCSC-2026-0215 [1.00] [M/H] Vulnerabilities fixed in Apple iOS and iPadOSncsc-nl · 2026-06-30
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-41974: Apple iOS and iPadOS Use-After-Free Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-03-05
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-43300: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-08-21
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-24200: Apple iOS and iPadOS Incorrect Authorization Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-02-12
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-42824: Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-10-05
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-41064: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS ImageIO Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-09-11
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