CVE-2021-1851

HIGH

iPadOS < 14.5 - Privilege Escalation to Kernel via Logic Issue

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-002 Catalina, Security Update 2021-003 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212327

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0213
EPSS Percentile 79.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (21)
apple/ipados < 14.5
apple/iphone_os < 14.5
apple/mac_os_x 10.14
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.0
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.1
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.2
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.3
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.4 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.5
apple/mac_os_x 10.14.6 (17 CPE variants)
... and 11 more
Published Sep 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026