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)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 12.1
Apple macOS unspecified – before 11.6
Apple macOS unspecified – before 2021

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