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CVE-2020-9907 Apple CVE debrief

CVE-2020-9907 is an Apple Multiple Products memory corruption vulnerability that CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-27. Because it appears in KEV, defenders should treat it as a prioritized remediation item. CISA’s entry directs organizations to apply updates per vendor instructions, with a due date of 2022-07-18.

Vendor
Apple
Product
Multiple Products
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-06-27
Original CVE updated
2022-06-27
Advisory published
2022-06-27
Advisory updated
2022-06-27

Who should care

Apple endpoint administrators, security operations teams, and vulnerability managers responsible for tracking and patching Apple products in enterprise or managed environments.

Technical summary

The supplied sources identify the issue only as a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Apple Multiple Products. The corpus does not provide affected versions, attack vector, exploit preconditions, or CVSS scoring. What is confirmed is that CISA listed it in KEV, so remediation should be prioritized and exposure reviewed.

Defensive priority

High. KEV placement means this vulnerability should be addressed ahead of non-KEV issues, especially on exposed or business-critical Apple-managed systems.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Check Apple vendor advisories and deploy the relevant security update(s) as soon as possible.
  • Verify whether any Apple products in your environment are affected and confirm remediation status.
  • Prioritize systems that are exposed, user-facing, or critical to business operations.
  • Track remediation against the CISA KEV due date of 2022-07-18 and confirm no overdue assets remain.
  • If patching is delayed, reduce exposure and increase monitoring until updates are installed.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based on the supplied CISA KEV entry and linked official records. The corpus confirms: vendor Apple, product Multiple Products, vulnerability type memory corruption, KEV dateAdded 2022-06-27, dueDate 2022-07-18, and CISA’s required action to apply updates per vendor instructions. The corpus does not include CVSS, affected versions, exploitation details, or remediation specifics beyond that instruction.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2020-9907 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9907

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2020-9907 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9907

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.