How severe is CVE-2021-30761?

CVE-2021-30761 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 10.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-30761: Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption 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
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30761

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.5.4. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

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	unspecified to <12.5

References

1 Links

Other references

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212548

Record Details

Published

2021-09-08

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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