VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-30857
A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.92%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, tvOS 15, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS Big Sur 11.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212815
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212815
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.