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CVE-2021-30883: Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-23
• EPSS: 14.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.0.2 and iPadOS 15.0.2, macOS Monterey 12.0.1, iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1, tvOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.8.1; from 15.0 before 15.0.2 — fixed in 14.8.1, 15.0.2
• Apple Iphone Os: before 14.8.1; from 15.0 before 15.0.2 — fixed in 14.8.1, 15.0.2
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.6.1; 12.0 — fixed in 11.6.1
• Apple tvOS: before 15.1 — fixed in 15.1
• Apple watchOS: before 8.1 — fixed in 8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 14.8.1, 15.0.2; Apple Iphone Os 14.8.1, 15.0.2; Apple macOS 11.6.1; Apple tvOS 15.1; Apple watchOS 8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212846
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212868
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212872
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212874
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212876
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212846
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212868
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212869
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212872
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212874
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212876

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