What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-30882

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. An application with microphone permission may unexpectedly access microphone input during a FaceTime call.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.0 — fixed in 15.0
• Apple Iphone Os: before 15.0 — fixed in 15.0
• Apple watchOS: before 8.0 — fixed in 8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 15.0; Apple Iphone Os 15.0; Apple watchOS 8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819

Get alerted when CVE-2021-30882 or the next vulnerability affects your stack