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CVE-2021-1863
An issue existed with authenticating the action triggered by an NFC tag. The issue was addressed with improved action authentication. This…
Low2.4EPSS 0.29%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
An issue existed with authenticating the action triggered by an NFC tag. The issue was addressed with improved action authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to place phone calls to any phone number.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 9 months later
· 9 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 | Low2.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.4.
Weakness
- A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to place phone calls to any phone number
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 14.5
References (1)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2021-1863)Record last updated .