CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-1791
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, watchOS 7.3, tvOS 14.4, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 14.4)
• apple iphone os (< 14.4)
• apple mac os x (>= 10.14 < 10.14.6)
• apple mac os x (>= 10.15 < 10.15.7)
• apple mac os x 10.14.6
• apple mac os x 10.15.7
• apple macos (>= 11.0 < 11.2)
• apple tvos (< 14.4)
• apple watchos (< 7.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory