CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-30866
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15, watchOS 8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A device may be passively tracked by its WiFi MAC address.
Affected configurations
• apple ipados (< 15.0)
• apple iphone os (< 15.0)
• apple macos (< 12.0.1)
• apple tvos (< 15.0)
• apple watchos (< 8.0)
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212815 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212869 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212815 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819 support.apple.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212869 support.apple.com