01 Record
CVE-2021-30840
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15, watchOS 8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Processing a maliciously crafted dfont file may lead to arbitrary code execution.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15, watchOS 8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Processing a maliciously crafted dfont file may lead to arbitrary code execution.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-10-28 18:17Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 22:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-04-13
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f833c6854b58d8e39e37867a614d01660e90526c958b3c70589365a7d39349b1
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212819
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212815
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212869