How severe is CVE-2021-1870?

CVE-2021-1870 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-1870: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit Remote Code

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2021-11-17

Required action
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1870

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 17, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2021-1870 to the KEV catalog 215 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 95 Apple entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 23 added in 2021.
Its current EPSS score (7.7%) is higher than that of 23% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

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

References

5 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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