High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-1816
CVE-2021-1816
Description
A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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Affected products
11- Range: = 14.5
= 14.5+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 14.5
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.5
= 7.4+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: = 7.4
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.4
= 14.5+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: = 14.5
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <14.5
- Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
3- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324nvdVendor Advisory
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