High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-30899
CVE-2021-30899
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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Affected products
16unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=11.0,<11.6.1
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.15.7
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 12.0.1
- Range: 11.6.1
- Range: Security Update 2021-007
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