Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2021 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2021-30982
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or heap corruption.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979 x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212981 x_refsource_MISC