Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024

CVE-2021-30859

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, Security Update 2021-005 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: <=2021-005
Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
Range: <11.6
Apple Inc./Ipadosllm-fuzzy
Range: <14.8
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <14.8
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805mitrex_refsource_MISC
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807mitrex_refsource_MISC

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