High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-30886
CVE-2021-30886
Description
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, tvOS 15.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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Affected products
12unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <12.0.1
- (no CPE)range: Monterey 12.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.1
- (no CPE)range: 15.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.1
- (no CPE)range: 15.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <8.1
- (no CPE)range: 8.1
- Range: unspecified
- Range: 15.1
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