CVE-2021-1822

Apple Security Advisory 2021-04-26-6

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Se abordó un problema lógico con restricciones mejoradas. Este problema se corrigió en iOS versión 14.5 e iPadOS versión 14.5, watchOS versión 7.4, tvOS versión 14.5. Un usuario local puede ser capaz de modificar partes protegidas del sistema de archivos

iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 addresses buffer overflow, bypass, code execution, cross site scripting, denial of service, double free, heap corruption, out of bounds read, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-12-08 CVE Reserved
2021-04-28 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317	2022-07-12
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323	2022-07-12
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324	2022-07-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Ipados Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados"				< 14.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipados" and version " < 14.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 14.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 14.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Tvos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos"				< 14.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos" and version " < 14.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				< 7.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos" and version " < 7.4"		-		Affected