Kernel code execution via unchecked buffer bounds
Published Sep 8, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Kernel buffer overflow in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS before 14.5 and watchOS before 7.4 allows local users to execute kernel code. The Kernel component inadequately checks bounds while processing data supplied through a malicious application, allowing data to overflow a buffer; Apple has not identified the specific function or buffer. Execution of a malicious local application is required, and successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges.
Summary
What happened
Kernel buffer overflow in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS before 14.5 and watchOS before 7.4 allows local users to execute kernel code. The Kernel component inadequately checks bounds while processing data supplied through a malicious application, allowing data to overflow a buffer; Apple has not identified the specific function or buffer. Execution of a malicious local application is required, and successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-1816
- Published
- Sep 8, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- CWE-119, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <14.5
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