CVE-2021-30858
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Published
- Aug 24, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Evidence observed
- Nov 3, 2021
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 96.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
Sources
2My take on CVE-2021-30858 for ps4 8.xx
- CVEREV3PoC
Proof-of-concept testing environment for CVE-2021-30858, based on Google Project Zero's root cause analysis of an in-the-wild iOS exploit.
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