Apple iOS and iPadOS

CVE-2021-1789

HIGH 8.8CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2022-05-04

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 13.98 % · percentile 97 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-04-02 18:01 UTC
Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25 UTC
Assigner: apple
NVD status: Analyzed

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Description

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. 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. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-7253
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-1789

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-072 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 14.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 14.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.14 < 10.14.6
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.15 < 10.15.7
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:supplemental_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.0 < 11.2
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 14.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 7.3
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 2.30.6

Affected products

Product	Versions
Apple · iOS and iPadOS	affected unspecified < 14.4
Apple · macOS	affected unspecified < 11.2
Apple · macOS	affected unspecified < 7.3
Apple · macOS	affected unspecified < 14.4
Apple · macOS	affected unspecified < 14.0

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

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