CVE-2021-30869

CVE-2021-30869 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by November 17, 2021. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apple has 96 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.5.5, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, Security Update 2021-006 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212824
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212825
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212824
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212825