CVE-2021-30838 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on devices with an Apple Neural Engine.

Published: 2021-10-19

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 15

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-17755	A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on devices with an Apple Neural Engine.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00235.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Oct/61
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212804
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212807

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2021-10-19T13:11:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:48:12.765Z

Reserved: 2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-30838

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-19T14:15:09.317

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:04:48.960

Link: CVE-2021-30838

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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