How severe is CVE-2021-30869?

CVE-2021-30869 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-30869: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Type Confusion

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Type Confusion 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-2021-30869

Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.5.5, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, Security Update 2021-006 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 14, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2021-30869 to the KEV catalog 71 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 (4.1%) is higher than that of 16% 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
Apple	Apple macOS	unspecified to <12.5
Apple	Apple macOS	unspecified to <2021

References

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Record Details

Published

2021-08-24

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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