7.8High KEV

CVE-2021-30883Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Apple iOS and iPadOS; Apple macOS Published: (5 years ago)

Known exploited — Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 23.05.2022. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 13.06.2022.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30883

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.0.2 and iPadOS 15.0.2, macOS Monterey 12.0.1, iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1, tvOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Weakness (CWE): CWE-787

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – < 15.0
apple ipados < 14.8.1
apple iphone os < 14.8.1
Apple macOS unspecified – < 12.0
apple tvos < 15.1
apple watchos < 8.1

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (8)

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 14.8.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0 < 15.0.2
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 14.8.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0 < 15.0.2
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.0 < 11.6.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 15.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 8.1