Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-30961

Medium

Published: 24 August 2021

Published
24 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0024 46.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-30961 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 46.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to disclosure of user information.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
mac os x
10.15.7 · 10.15 — 10.15.7
apple
macos
11.0 — 11.6.2

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References