CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-30869
High (7.8) in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. In CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.5.5, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, Security Update 2021-006 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2021-11-03, due 2021-11-17
- CWE
- CWE-843
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:ipados
- apple:iphone_os
- apple:mac_os_x
- apple:macos