Vulnerability in Apple Ipados

CVE-2021-30923

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-30923: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-30923?
CVE-2021-30923 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-30923?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.