CVE-2021-1792

high-risk

Published 2021-04-02

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, watchOS 7.3, tvOS 14.4, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

Do I need to act?

1.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Ipados

Iphone Os

Mac Os X

Macos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (8)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149

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high-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal

Exposure 20/34 · Moderate