CVE-2021-30860 on CISA KEV

An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, watchOS 7.6.2. Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, watchOS 7.6.2. 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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212805
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212806
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/28
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/27
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/25
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/26
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/38
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/39
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212824
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/50
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/11
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-21

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified
Apple	macOS	unspecified
Apple	watchOS	unspecified
Apple	iOS	unspecified

06Detection

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