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Apple is a major technology vendor with a public profile and rapid update cycle, but its internal failure history reveals a consistent pattern of high-severity remote code execution vulnerabilities across its operating systems and WebKit components. The company's security posture relies on aggressive patching and internal fuzzing, yet the frequency and severity of these RCEs indicate ongoing systemic weaknesses in its software development and validation processes.
PROFILE
CategoryTechnology VendorWhat they doApple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide, including iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch.Founded1976SizeLargeOwnershippublic
Websitehttps://www.apple.com ↗
SECURITY POSTURE
Apple maintains a high-profile security posture with frequent, rapid patching cycles and internal fuzzing/telemetry, but its track record shows a persistent pattern of high-severity RCE vulnerabilities across its OS and WebKit components, often requiring urgent security updates.
Notable failures
- CVE-2023-41974: iOS/iPadOS use-after-free RCE
- CVE-2021-30952: tvOS/macOS/Safari integer overflow RCE
- CVE-2026-20700: iOS/macOS/tvOS/visionOS buffer bounds RCE
- CVE-2022-42856: iOS type confusion RCE
- CVE-2022-42827: iOS/iPadOS kernel out-of-bounds write RCE
- CVE-2021-30661: iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS/watchOS use-after-free RCE
Patterns: repeated high-severity RCEs in WebKit and Safari processing malicious web content; frequent use-after-free and type confusion vulnerabilities in iOS/macOS kernel and system components; memory corruption and integer overflow flaws in image, font, and audio processing subsystems
Reputationneutral (+0.00) · 6 trusted sources
CoverageNVD · SentinelOne · app.opencve.io · cooey · cybersecuritynews.com · www.cvefind.com
FAILURE HISTORY · 60
| DATE | EVENT | SEV | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-10 | CVE-2023-28206 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS had a critical kernel-level vulnerability allowing apps to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. |
| 2024-11-21 | CVE-2024-44308 | high | Apple devices are actively exploited via a remote code execution vulnerability in web content processing. |
| 2024-03-06 | CVE-2024-23296 | high | Apple's RTKit on iOS/macOS allows kernel memory bypass enabling arbitrary code execution. |
| 2024-03-06 | CVE-2024-23225 | high | Apple's iOS/macOS kernels contain a memory corruption vulnerability allowing arbitrary kernel read/write access, enabling attackers to bypass kernel protections. |
| 2022-05-24 | CVE-2016-4656 | high | A memory corruption vulnerability in the iOS kernel allowed attackers to execute privileged code or cause DoS via a crafted app. |
| 2022-05-24 | CVE-2016-4657 | high | Apple iOS WebKit memory corruption flaw allows remote code execution via malicious websites. |
| 2022-05-24 | CVE-2016-4655 | high | An iOS kernel vulnerability allowed attackers to read sensitive memory data via a crafted app, and it was actively exploited in the wild. |
| 2022-05-23 | CVE-2021-30883 | high | Apple's iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS suffered a memory corruption vulnerability enabling remote code execution. |
| 2022-05-04 | CVE-2019-8506 | high | A type confusion vulnerability in multiple Apple products allowed arbitrary code execution via malicious web content. |
| 2022-05-04 | CVE-2021-1789 | high | A type confusion vulnerability in multiple Apple products allowed arbitrary code execution via malicious web content. |
| 2022-05-23 | CVE-2019-7287 | high | Apple iOS memory corruption vulnerability allows remote code execution and is actively exploited in the wild. |
| 2022-05-23 | CVE-2019-7286 | high | Apple's iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS suffered a memory corruption vulnerability allowing privilege escalation that was actively exploited in the wild. |
| 2026-03-05 | CVE-2023-43000 | high | Apple's macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari versions 16.6 suffer from a Use-After-Free vulnerability exploited in the wild. |
| 2026-03-05 | CVE-2021-30952 | high | Apple's tvOS, macOS, Safari, iPadOS, and watchOS suffered an integer overflow or wraparound vulnerability, allowing arbitrary code execution via malicious web content. |
| 2026-03-05 | CVE-2023-41974 | high | Apple iOS and iPadOS kernel exploited for arbitrary code execution |
| 2026-02-12 | CVE-2026-20700 | high | Apple iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could allow arbitrary code execution. |
| 2025-12-15 | CVE-2025-43529 | high | Apple products affected by unpatched use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit. |
| 2025-10-20 | CVE-2022-48503 | high | Apple products with macOS, iOS, tvOS, Safari, and watchOS may allow arbitrary code execution due to an unspecified vulnerability in JavaScriptCore. |
| 2025-08-21 | CVE-2025-43300 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS had an unpatched out-of-bounds write vulnerability exploited in the wild. |
| 2025-06-16 | CVE-2025-43200 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS contain an unspecified vulnerability when processing a maliciously crafted photo or video shared via an iCloud Link. |
| 2025-03-13 | CVE-2025-24201 | high | A WebKit out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Apple products allows malicious web content to escape the sandbox, actively exploited in the wild and impacting DIB organizations using Apple devices or WebKit-dependent software. |
| 2023-10-05 | CVE-2023-42824 | high | Apple iOS and iPadOS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability |
| 2023-09-25 | CVE-2023-41992 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS kernel privilege escalation vulnerability |
| 2023-09-25 | CVE-2023-41993 | high | Apple WebKit vulnerability allows code execution via malicious web content. |
| 2023-09-25 | CVE-2023-41991 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS improper certificate validation vulnerability |
| 2023-06-23 | CVE-2023-32434 | high | An integer overflow vulnerability in Apple's operating systems allows applications to potentially execute code with kernel privileges, and is currently being exploited in the wild. |
| 2023-06-23 | CVE-2023-32439 | high | WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability in Apple products allows remote code execution. |
| 2023-05-22 | CVE-2023-32373 | high | Apple WebKit Use-After-Free Vulnerability enables code execution. |
| 2023-05-22 | CVE-2023-32409 | high | WebKit sandbox escape vulnerability in Apple products allows remote code execution. |
| 2023-05-22 | CVE-2023-28204 | high | Apple WebKit out-of-bounds read vulnerability |
| 2023-04-17 | CVE-2019-8526 | high | Apple macOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability allows privilege escalation. |
| 2023-04-10 | CVE-2023-28205 | high | Apple's Safari and macOS WebKit vulnerable to code execution via malicious web content. |
| 2023-03-30 | CVE-2021-30900 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS had an unpatched RCE flaw exploited in the wild |
| 2023-02-14 | CVE-2023-23529 | high | Apple's Safari and iPadOS WebKit vulnerable to code execution via malicious web content |
| 2022-12-14 | CVE-2022-42856 | high | Apple iOS had an active web content execution flaw |
| 2022-10-25 | CVE-2022-42827 | high | Apple iOS and iPadOS had a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allowed arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges. |
| 2022-09-14 | CVE-2022-32917 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS had a kernel-level RCE flaw actively exploited by attackers. |
| 2022-09-08 | CVE-2020-9934 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS had an unpatched input validation vulnerability allowing local attackers to view sensitive user information. |
| 2022-08-25 | CVE-2021-31010 | high | Apple iOS, macOS, watchOS sandbox bypassed |
| 2022-08-18 | CVE-2022-32894 | high | Apple iOS and macOS had an unpatched out-of-bounds write vulnerability exploited in the wild that allowed arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges. |
| 2022-08-18 | CVE-2022-32893 | high | Apple iOS and macOS vulnerable to remote code execution via malicious web content |
| 2022-06-27 | CVE-2021-30983 | high | A buffer overflow in iOS and iPadOS allowed code execution with kernel privileges, actively exploited in the wild and impacting DIB organizations using Apple devices in their environments. |
| 2022-06-27 | CVE-2020-9907 | high | Apple's iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS products contained a memory corruption vulnerability actively exploited in the wild, allowing code execution with kernel privileges. |
| 2022-06-27 | CVE-2019-8605 | high | Apple products suffered from a use-after-free vulnerability actively exploited in the wild, potentially allowing code execution with system privileges. |
| 2022-06-27 | CVE-2020-3837 | high | A memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's operating systems allowed applications to potentially execute code with kernel privileges, and was actively exploited in the wild. |
| 2025-04-17 | CVE-2025-31200 | high | A memory corruption vulnerability in Apple products allows code execution via malicious audio files, and is currently being exploited in the wild. |
| 2024-01-31 | CVE-2022-48618 | high | Apple devices are vulnerable to a TOCTOU memory corruption flaw that bypasses Pointer Authentication, allowing attackers to bypass security controls on iOS, macOS, and other platforms. |
| 2023-12-04 | CVE-2023-42917 | high | A WebKit memory corruption vulnerability in Apple products allows for code execution via malicious web content, and is currently being exploited in the wild. |
| 2023-09-11 | CVE-2023-41064 | high | Maliciously crafted images triggered a buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple's ImageIO, potentially enabling code execution and being actively exploited in the wild. |
| 2023-09-11 | CVE-2023-41061 | high | A validation flaw in Apple's Wallet application allows for potential code execution via malicious attachments, actively exploited in the wild and chained with CVE-2023-41064. |
| 2023-07-13 | CVE-2023-37450 | high | A WebKit vulnerability in Apple products allows for arbitrary code execution via malicious web content, and is currently being exploited in the wild. |
| 2023-06-23 | CVE-2023-32435 | high | A WebKit memory corruption vulnerability in Apple products allows for code execution via malicious web content, and is currently being exploited in the wild. |
| 2022-06-27 | CVE-2018-4344 | high | A memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's operating systems allowed for code execution and is currently being exploited in the wild. |
| 2022-04-04 | CVE-2022-22675 | high | macOS Monterey contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could allow an application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. |
| 2022-02-11 | CVE-2022-22620 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products |
| 2022-02-10 | CVE-2014-4404 | high | Heap-based buffer overflow in IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X, which affects, iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context. |
| 2022-01-28 | CVE-2022-22587 | high | Apple IOMobileFrameBuffer contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. |
| 2021-11-03 | CVE-2021-30858 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products |
| 2021-11-03 | CVE-2021-30860 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS CoreGraphics contain an integer overflow vulnerability which may allow code execution when processing a maliciously crafted PDF. The vulnerability is also known under the moniker of FORCEDENTRY. |
| 2021-11-03 | CVE-2020-27930 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS FontParser contain a memory corruption vulnerability which may allow for code execution when processing maliciously crafted front. |
SENTIMENT · TRUSTED SOURCES
synthesisnegative-0.40
Acknowledged vulnerability, but minimal fallout
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant concern and potential reputational damage due to a widely impacting vulnerability.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Broadly acknowledged as a significant security issue, with Apple's response being viewed as standard but not exceptional.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant negative impact due to exploitation and former employee involvement.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant concern and potential reputational damage due to bypassing Gatekeeper.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant concern and widespread acknowledgement of a critical vulnerability.
synthesisneutral+0.00
No sentiment expressed; sources are CVE databases or unrelated advisories.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.60
Apple faced severe fallout for a critical integer overflow vulnerability allowing code execution via malicious PDFs, though the vendor's response was not detailed in the provided sources.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant concern and acknowledgement of exploitation.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Widespread reporting and inclusion in KEV databases indicate a significant security failure with potential for exploitation.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Widespread acknowledgement of the vulnerability and its potential impact, with no positive commentary.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant security failure with broad impact, triggering public condemnation and scrutiny.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Widespread acknowledgement of a serious vulnerability with potential for kernel-level access, impacting multiple Apple products, resulted in significant negative perception.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Broadly negative, highlighting potential for widespread impact and lack of immediate detail.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.60
Apple faced severe fallout for a critical kernel privilege escalation vulnerability across its core OS ecosystem, though the provided sources lack direct press coverage of the specific CVE-2020-27932
synthesisneutral+0.00
No sentiment expressed; sources are CVE databases or unrelated advisories.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.60
Apple's vulnerability was noted as a memory corruption flaw allowing code execution, but the provided sources are entirely unrelated to the CVE-2020-27930 event, focusing instead on a 2026 Today Show
synthesissevere-fallout-0.60
Apple's memory initialization vulnerability was a serious security flaw allowing kernel memory disclosure, though the provided sources lack security press coverage to fully gauge public reception.
synthesisneutral-0.20
No direct press coverage or authoritative commentary found in the provided sources; only CVE database listings and unrelated articles.
synthesisneutral+0.00
No sentiment expressed; purely factual NVD entry.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant public acknowledgement and listing as a KEV resulted in considerable negative attention and reputational damage.
synthesissevere-fallout-0.70
Significant fallout due to employee misuse and potential for widespread impact.
synthesisneutral+0.00
No sentiment expressed; sources are CVE databases with no commentary on Apple's handling.
synthesisneutral+0.00
No coverage found for CVE-2016-9841 in the provided sources; sources discuss unrelated CVEs or generic vendor pages.
Neutral; Akaoma CVE dashboard with no commentary.
Neutral; CVE database entry with no sentiment.
Neutral; CVE database entry with no sentiment.
Neutral; SAM.gov contract page with no commentary.
Neutral; CVE database entry with no sentiment.
Neutral; CVE database entry with no sentiment.
DOSSIER SOURCES
- Apple Inc. | History, Products, Headquarters, & Facts | Britannica Money · www.britannica.com
- Apple (AAPL) Company Profile, History, Products & Services · www.financecharts.com
- Apple (AAPL) Company Profile & Description - Stock Analysis · stockanalysis.com
- Apple Patches 30+ Flaws as AI Systems Earn WebKit CVE Credit · dailysecurityreview.com
- Apple Data Breach Claimed by IntelBroker ... - Daily Security Review · dailysecurityreview.com
- Apple Sues For Network Breach And Parts Smuggling: OpenAI Says Timeline ... · www.techtimes.com
- Enterprise IT Faces Apple's Faster Update Era - AppleMagazine · applemagazine.com
- AI hacking and continuous patching: what should IAM teams ex... · nhimg.org
- @Squairdev Thinking people can just gatekeep an iOS 27 sandbox escape ... · x.com
Open questions: Apple's internal patching SLA for high-severity RCEs · Impact of the IntelBroker breach on Apple's supply chain security
DOSSIER · dex-RAG synthesis · grounded in our own collection + trusted sourcesbuilt 2026-07-15 03:59:51.697381+00:00