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CVE-2021-30769
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, watchOS 7.6. A malicious attacker…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, watchOS 7.6. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.
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 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% 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: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212601 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212605 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212604 (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-2021-30769)Record last updated .