VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-30996

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.81%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.81%). 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 state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. 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: 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-362
Affected: apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos
Source: product-security@apple.com

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.