Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-1882

Critical

Published: 08 September 2021

Published
08 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
—
Patch
—
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0087 75.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-1882 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apple
ipados
≤ 14.5
apple
iphone os
≤ 14.5
apple
mac os x
10.15.6, 10.15.7 · 10.15 — 10.15.5
apple
macos
11.0 — 11.3
apple
tvos
≤ 14.5
apple
watchos
≤ 7.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References