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01 Record

CVE-2021-30981

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. An application may be able to

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. An application may be able to

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
1.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 77.3% 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:L/UI:N/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
2021-08-24 18:51Z5 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
  • CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
abe34294c6843d661260eec1436225fbd34c25fc1e4f8fb7392918a2133bdd1f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
ApplemacOS< 12.1, < 11.6, < 2021—

06 References