CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-30665

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2021-09-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability — Apple Multiple Products

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS WebKit contain a memory corruption vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Remediation due
2021-11-17
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30665
Status
Analyzed
Published
2021-09-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 7.4.1, iOS 14.5.1 and iPadOS 14.5.1, tvOS 14.6, iOS 12.5.3, macOS Big Sur 11.3.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Affected configurations

• apple ipados (< 14.5.1) • apple iphone os (< 12.5.3) • apple iphone os (>= 13.0 < 14.5.1) • apple macos (< 11.3.1) • apple tvos (< 14.6) • apple watchos (< 7.4.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References