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CVE-2021-30736

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved size validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.4, tvOS 14.6, watchOS 7.5, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ipadosNVD
Affected:< 14.6Fixed in:14.6CVE-2021-30736derived from NVD
iphone osNVD
Affected:< 14.6Fixed in:14.6CVE-2021-30736derived from NVD
macosNVD
Affected:>= 11.0.1, < 11.4Fixed in:11.4CVE-2021-30736derived from NVD
tvosNVD
Affected:< 14.6Fixed in:14.6CVE-2021-30736derived from NVD
watchosNVD
Affected:< 7.5Fixed in:7.5CVE-2021-30736derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days
73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2014-0195Medium6.8100%-Fix
CVE-2017-7269Critical9.8100%KEV-
CVE-2019-11043High8.799%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2011-4862High10.095%-Fix
CVE-2007-5659High7.894%KEVFix
CVE-2022-3786High7.591%-Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.