Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2021 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2021-1883

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 2.0% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. Processing maliciously crafted server messages may lead to heap corruption.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS unspecified – before 14.5
Apple tvOS unspecified – before 14.5
Apple watchOS unspecified – before 7.4
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.3
Apple macOS unspecified – before 2021
Apple macOS unspecified – before 2021

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