Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2021-30736

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 23.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4, tvOS 14.6, watchOS 7.5, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 14.6
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.4
Apple macOS unspecified – before 14.6
Apple macOS unspecified – before 7.5

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