CVE-2021-1799
A port redirection issue was addressed with additional port validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A port redirection issue was addressed with additional port validation. 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. A malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- A malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers
Affected products
References (8)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212152 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-864dc37032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-619711d709 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-202104-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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