CVE-2021-31010

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 24, 2021 at 06:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:51 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score3.7%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 3.7% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 90% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

In affected versions of Apple iOS, macOS, and watchOS, a sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Aug 25, 2022
Remediation Due
Sep 15, 2022
1507 days overdue

Description

A deserialization issue was addressed through improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 12.5.5, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, watchOS 7.6.2. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions. Apple was aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited at the time of release..

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 14.8
Affected range stops below 14.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
12.0 ≤ v < 12.5.514.0 ≤ v < 14.8
Affected range stops below 12.5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.15.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 12.5v < 14.8v < 7.6v < 7.6.2
Affected range stops below 12.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212806
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212824
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-31010

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-502

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