CVE-2021-30949high
Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
References
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212981
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165670/XNU-Kernel-mach_msg-Use-After-Free.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2021-08-24
Updated: 2022-02-09
Type: CWE-787
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: HIGH