Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-1884

Medium

Published: 08 September 2021

Published
08 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0101 77.5th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-1884 is a medium-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A remote attacker may be able…

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to cause a denial of service.

CWE(s)

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
10.14.6, 10.15.7 · 10.14.0 — 10.14.6 · 10.15 — 10.15.7
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.

addresses: CWE-362

Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.

addresses: CWE-362

Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.

References