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..

Released September 23, 2021

**CoreGraphics**

Available for: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30860: The Citizen Lab

**Core Telephony**

Available for: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation)

Impact: 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.

Description: A deserialization issue was addressed through improved validation.

CVE-2021-31010: Citizen Lab and Google Project Zero

Entry added May 25, 2022

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation)

Impact: 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.

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2021-30858: an anonymous researcher

**XNU**

Available for: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of reports that an exploit for this issue exists in the wild.

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30869: Erye Hernandez of Google Threat Analysis Group, Clément Lecigne of Google Threat Analysis Group, and Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

CVE-2021-31010: About the security content of iOS 12.5.5

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Released September 20, 2021

**Accessory Manager**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

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

Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30837: Siddharth Aeri (@b1n4r1b01)

**AppleMobileFileIntegrity**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A local attacker may be able to read sensitive information

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30811: an anonymous researcher working with Compartir

**Apple Neural Engine**

Available for devices with Apple Neural Engine: iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro (3rd generation) and later, iPad Air (3rd generation) and later, and iPad mini (5th generation) 

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on devices with an Apple Neural Engine

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30838: proteas wang

**bootp**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A device may be passively tracked by its WiFi MAC address

Description: A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address.

CVE-2021-30866: Fabien Duchêne of UCLouvain (Belgium)

Entry added October 25, 2021

**CoreAudio**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a malicious audio file may result in unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30834: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Entry added October 25, 2021

**CoreGraphics**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30928: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

Entry added January 19, 2022

**CoreML**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30825: hjy79425575 working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

**Face ID**

Available for devices with Face ID: iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS (all models), iPhone 11 (all models), iPhone 12 (all models), iPad Pro (11-inch), and iPad Pro (3rd generation)

Impact: A 3D model constructed to look like the enrolled user may be able to authenticate via Face ID

Description: This issue was addressed by improving Face ID anti-spoofing models.

CVE-2021-30863: Wish Wu (吴潍浠 @wish\_wu) of Ant Group Tianqiong Security Lab

Entry updated January 19, 2022

**FaceTime**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to see private contact information

Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.

CVE-2021-30816: Atharv (@atharv0x0)

Entry added October 25, 2021

**FaceTime**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: An application with microphone permission may unexpectedly access microphone input during a FaceTime call

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2021-30882: Adam Bellard and Spencer Reitman of Airtime

Entry added October 25, 2021

**FontParser**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30831: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Entry added October 25, 2021

**FontParser**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted dfont file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30840: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Entry added October 25, 2021

**FontParser**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted dfont file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30841: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CVE-2021-30842: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CVE-2021-30843: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**Foundation**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30852: Yinyi Wu (@3ndy1) of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

Entry added October 25, 2021

**iCloud Photo Library**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to access photo metadata without needing permission to access photos

Description: The issue was addressed with improved authentication.

CVE-2021-30867: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

Entry added October 25, 2021

**ImageIO**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30814: hjy79425575

Entry added October 25, 2021

**ImageIO**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30835: Ye Zhang of Baidu Security

CVE-2021-30847: Mike Zhang of Pangu Lab

**Kernel**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2021-30857: Manish Bhatt of Red Team X @Meta, Zweig of Kunlun Lab

Entry updated May 25, 2022

**libexpat**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service

Description: This issue was addressed by updating expat to version 2.4.1.

CVE-2013-0340: an anonymous researcher

**Model I/O**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30819: Apple

**NetworkExtension**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A VPN configuration may be installed by an app without user permission

Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30874: Javier Vieira Boccardo (linkedin.com/javier-vieira-boccardo)

Entry added October 25, 2021

**Preferences**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: An application may be able to access restricted files

Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.

CVE-2021-30855: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)

**Preferences**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30854: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)

**Privacy**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to access some of the user's Apple ID information, or recent in-app search terms

Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions on third party applications.

CVE-2021-30898: Steven Troughton-Smith of High Caffeine Content (@stroughtonsmith)

Entry added January 19, 2022

**Quick Look**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Previewing an html file attached to a note may unexpectedly contact remote servers

Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of document loads. This issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30870: Saif Hamed Al Hinai Oman CERT

Entry added October 25, 2021

**Sandbox**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.

CVE-2021-30925: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

Entry added January 19, 2022

**Sandbox**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30808: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

Entry added October 25, 2021

**Siri**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A local attacker may be able to view contacts from the lock screen

Description: A lock screen issue allowed access to contacts on a locked device. This issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30815: Anshraj Srivastava (@AnshrajSrivas14) of UKEF

Entry updated January 19, 2022

**Telephony**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information

Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.

CVE-2021-31001: Rajanish Pathak (@h4ckologic) and Hardik Mehta (@hardw00t)

Entry added May 25, 2022

**Telephony**

Available for: iPhone SE (1st generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch, iPad Air 2, iPad (5th generation), and iPad mini 4

Impact: In certain situations, the baseband would fail to enable integrity and ciphering protection

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30826: CheolJun Park, Sangwook Bae and BeomSeok Oh of KAIST SysSec Lab

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Turning off "Block all remote content" may not apply to all remote content types

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-31005: Jonathan Austin of Wells Fargo, Attila Soki

Entry added March 31, 2022

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-31008

Entry added March 31, 2022

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin

Description: An issue existed in the specification for the resource timing API. The specification was updated and the updated specification was implemented.

CVE-2021-30897: an anonymous researcher

Entry added January 19, 2022

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may reveal a user's browsing history

Description: The issue was resolved with additional restrictions on CSS compositing.

CVE-2021-30884: an anonymous researcher

Entry added October 25, 2021

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30818: Amar Menezes (@amarekano) of Zon8Research

Entry added October 25, 2021

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may disclose restricted memory

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30836: Peter Nguyen Vu Hoang of STAR Labs

Entry added October 25, 2021

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2021-30809: an anonymous researcher

Entry added October 25, 2021

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30846: Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30848: Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30849: Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution

Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2021-30851: Samuel Groß of Google Project Zero

**Wi-Fi**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: An attacker in physical proximity may be able to force a user onto a malicious Wi-Fi network during device setup

Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30810: Peter Scott

Entry updated January 19, 2022

CVE-2021-30928: About the security content of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15

This issue was addressed by improving Face ID anti-spoofing models. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A 3D model constructed to look like the enrolled user may be able to authenticate via Face ID.

CVE-2021-30863: About the security content of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15

This issue was addressed with a new entitlement. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.7, watchOS 7.6, macOS Big Sur 11.5. A local attacker may be able to access analytics data.

CVE-2021-30871: About the security content of iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, watchOS 8.3, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, tvOS 15.2. User traffic might unexpectedly be leaked to a proxy server despite PAC configurations.

Released December 13, 2021

**Audio**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to disclosure of user information

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30960: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**CFNetwork Proxies**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: User traffic might unexpectedly be leaked to a proxy server despite PAC configurations

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30966: Michal Rajcan of Jamf, Matt Vlasach of Jamf (Wandera)

**ColorSync**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue in the processing of ICC profiles was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30926: Jeremy Brown

CVE-2021-30942: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero

**CoreAudio**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30957: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**CoreAudio**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30958: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**Crash Reporter**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30945: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)

**ImageIO**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30939: Rui Yang and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

**Kernel**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30916: Zweig of Kunlun Lab

**Kernel**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2021-30937: Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero

**Kernel**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

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

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2021-30927: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

CVE-2021-30980: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

**Kernel**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30949: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

**Kernel**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30993: OSS-Fuzz, Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero

**Kernel**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30955: Zweig of Kunlun Lab

**Preferences**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30995: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

**Sandbox**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences

Description: A validation issue related to hard link behavior was addressed with improved sandbox restrictions.

CVE-2021-30968: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

**Sandbox**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

CVE-2021-30946: @gorelics

**Sandbox**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: An application may be able to access a user's files

Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.

CVE-2021-30947: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

**TCC**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30767: @gorelics

**TCC**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: An inherited permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2021-30964: Andy Grant of Zoom Video Communications

**WebKit**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30934: Dani Biro

**WebKit**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2021-30936: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab

CVE-2021-30951: Pangu

**WebKit**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30952: WeBin

**WebKit**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30984: Kunlun Lab

**WebKit**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30953: VRIJ

**WebKit**

Available for: Apple Watch Series 3 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30954: Kunlun Lab

CVE-2021-30966: About the security content of watchOS 8.3

This issue was addressed with improved handling of file metadata. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. A user in a FaceTime call may unexpectedly leak sensitive user information through Live Photos metadata.

Released December 13, 2021

**Audio**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to disclosure of user information

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30960: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**CFNetwork Proxies**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: User traffic might unexpectedly be leaked to a proxy server despite PAC configurations

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30966: Michal Rajcan of Jamf, Matt Vlasach of Jamf (Wandera)

**ColorSync**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue in the processing of ICC profiles was addressed with improved input validation. 

CVE-2021-30926: Jeremy Brown

CVE-2021-30942: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero

**CoreAudio**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30957: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**CoreAudio**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Playing a malicious audio file may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30958: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**Crash Reporter**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges

Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.

CVE-2021-30945: Zhipeng Huo (@R3dF09) and Yuebin Sun (@yuebinsun2020) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com)

**FaceTime**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A user in a FaceTime call may unexpectedly leak sensitive user information through Live Photos metadata

Description: This issue was addressed with improved handling of file metadata.

CVE-2021-30992: Aaron Raimist

**ImageIO**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30939: Rui Yang and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab, Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

**IOMobileFrameBuffer**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30996: Saar Amar (@AmarSaar)

**IOMobileFrameBuffer**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

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

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30983: Pangu

**IOMobileFrameBuffer**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30985: Tielei Wang of Pangu Lab

**IOMobileFrameBuffer**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30991: Tielei Wang of Pangu Lab

**Kernel**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking.

CVE-2021-30937: Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero

**Kernel**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

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

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2021-30927: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

CVE-2021-30980: Xinru Chi of Pangu Lab

**Kernel**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30949: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

**Kernel**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30993: OSS-Fuzz, Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero

**Kernel**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30955: Zweig of Kunlun Lab

**Model I/O**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30971: Ye Zhang (@co0py\_Cat) of Baidu Security

**Model I/O**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may disclose user information

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30973: Ye Zhang (@co0py\_Cat) of Baidu Security

**Model I/O**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents

Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30929: Rui Yang and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**Model I/O**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30979: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro

**Model I/O**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30940: Rui Yang and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

CVE-2021-30941: Rui Yang and Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab

**NetworkExtension**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A local attacker may be able to read sensitive information

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2021-30967: Denis Tokarev (@illusionofcha0s)

**NetworkExtension**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to identify what other applications a user has installed

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2021-30988: Denis Tokarev (@illusionofcha0s)

**Notes**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access contacts from the lock screen

Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.

CVE-2021-30932: Kevin Böttcher

**Password Manager**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access stored passwords without authentication

Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30948: Patrick Glogner

**Preferences**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30995: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro, Mickey Jin (@patch1t)

**Sandbox**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences

Description: A validation issue related to hard link behavior was addressed with improved sandbox restrictions.

CVE-2021-30968: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

**Sandbox**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

CVE-2021-30946: @gorelics

**Sandbox**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: An application may be able to access a user's files

Description: An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions.

CVE-2021-30947: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security

**TCC**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2021-30767: @gorelics

**TCC**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences

Description: An inherited permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

CVE-2021-30964: Andy Grant of Zoom Video Communications

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30934: Dani Biro

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2021-30936: Chijin Zhou of ShuiMuYuLin Ltd and Tsinghua wingtecher lab

CVE-2021-30951: Pangu

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2021-30952: WeBin

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

CVE-2021-30984: Kunlun Lab

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2021-30953: VRIJ

**WebKit**

Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation)

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2021-30954: Kunlun Lab

CVE-2021-30992: About the security content of iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, tvOS 15, watchOS 8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2021-30852: About the security content of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, tvOS 15.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2021-30889: About the security content of tvOS 15.1

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in Safari 15, tvOS 15, watchOS 8, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.

CVE-2021-30851: About the security content of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1, iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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