Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-31002

High

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 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0034 57.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-31002 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

apple
macos
12.0.0 · 11.6 — 11.6.2

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References