CVE-2021-30848
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, Safari 15, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.27% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/safari · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Oct/60Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Oct/61Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/26/9Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/1Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/2Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/4Mailing List
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212816Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212869Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Oct/60Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Oct/61Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/26/9Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/1Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/2Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/4Mailing List
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212816Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212869Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.