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OS X update for CoreAudio (CVE-2021-30834)

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OS X update for CoreAudio (CVE-2021-30834)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/17/2021
Created
11/18/2021
Added
11/17/2021
Modified
03/29/2022

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, tvOS 15, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina. Processing a malicious audio file may result in unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2021-007-catalina
  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_6

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