CVE-2021-30937
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
- 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
- 17.29% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 17.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165475/XNU-inm_merge-Heap-Use-After-Free.html
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212981
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165475/XNU-inm_merge-Heap-Use-After-Free.html
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212981
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.