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CVE-2021-30765
An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5, Security Update 2021-004…
High7.8EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.5, Security Update 2021-004 Catalina, Security Update 2021-005 Mojave. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 5 months later
· 5 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 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% 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: High 7.8.
Weakness
- An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212602 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212600 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212603 (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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