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OS X update for IOMobileFrameBuffer (CVE-2021-30996)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Aug 24, 2021

Added

Feb 18, 2022

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Solution

apple-osx-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2021-30996
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-30996
CWE-362
EUVD-EUVD-2021-17913
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-17913
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102874

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