High severity7.7NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-30938

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Big Surllm-fuzzy
Range: before 11.6.2
Apple Inc./Security Update 2021-008 Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: before Security Update 2021-008
Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: before 12.1
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979nvd
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212981nvd

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