How severe is CVE-2021-1789?

CVE-2021-1789 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 14.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-1789: Apple Multiple Products Type Confusion

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple Multiple Products Type Confusion Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-05-04

Remediation due

2022-05-25

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1789

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, tvOS 14.4, watchOS 7.3, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, Safari 14.0.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <14.4
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <11.2
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <7.3
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <14.4
Apple	macOS	unspecified to <14.0

References

8 Links

Vendor advisories

Other references

Record Details

Published

2021-04-02

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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