Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2021-30886

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 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, tvOS 15.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified – before 15.1
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.0
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 8.1
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 15.1

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212867 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212874 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212876 x_refsource_MISC