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VAR-202108-1137

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-11-18 13:35

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. apple's iPadOS and iOS Exists in a classic buffer overflow vulnerability.Information is obtained, information is tampered with, and service operation is interrupted. (DoS) It may be in a state

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CVE-2021-30983 (GCVE-0-2021-30983)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-24 18:51 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25

Summary

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Assigner

apple

References

URL

Tags

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apple	iOS and iPadOS	Affected: unspecified , < 15.2 (custom)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

VAR-202108-1137

CVE-2021-30983 (GCVE-0-2021-30983)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature