CVE-2021-30661

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2021-11-17.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-09-08 14:48Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:25Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-04-13

Assigning CNA

apple

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

64626bb662055c806b6aac1dbb9c8458368c08638f9250bcd68b3eb63933f2a8

• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317x_refsource_MISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323x_refsource_MISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324x_refsource_MISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325x_refsource_MISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212341x_refsource_MISC
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212318x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30661government-resource