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Apple Inc. is a public consumer electronics and software company headquartered in Cupertino, California, known for its iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS operating systems. Its security track record reveals repeated high-severity RCE vulnerabilities in core system components like Mail and Wallet, some of which are actively exploited and listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
PROFILE
Categoryconsumer electronics / softwareWhat they doApple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide, including iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS operating systems.
Websitehttps://www.apple.com ↗
SECURITY POSTURE
Apple's security posture shows a pattern of high-severity RCE and memory corruption vulnerabilities in core system components (Mail, Wallet, WebKit) that are actively exploited in the wild and listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating gaps in input validation and memory safety across its ecosystem.
Notable failures
- CVE-2020-9819: Mail app heap corruption RCE
- CVE-2023-41061: Wallet app RCE via malicious attachments
- CVE-2020-9818: Mail app out-of-bounds write
Patterns: repeated unpatched memory corruption RCEs in core apps; active exploitation of vulnerabilities in the wild
FAILURE HISTORY · 4
| DATE | EVENT | SEV | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-03 | CVE-2020-9819 | high | A memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's Mail app allowed heap corruption when processing malicious emails, listed in CISA's KEV catalog. |
| 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. |
| 2021-11-03 | CVE-2020-9818 | high | Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS Mail contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability allowing memory modification or app termination via malicious mail messages. |
| 2021-11-03 | CVE-2021-1879 | high | WebKit XSS vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS allows universal cross-site scripting when processing malicious web content. |
DOSSIER SOURCES
- Apple Inc. (AAPL, US0378331005) - Company Profile · financialdata.net
- Apple (AAPL) Company Profile & Description - Stock Analysis · stockanalysis.com
Open questions: Apple's internal patching SLA for memory corruption vulnerabilities · Whether Apple uses formal verification for core system components
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