Kernel memory disclosure via improper initialization
Published Sep 8, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Kernel information disclosure in affected Apple operating systems allows local users to read kernel memory through a malicious application. The Kernel component leaves memory incompletely initialized, allowing an application to receive residual kernel data; Apple has not identified the affected routine or input path. Execution of a malicious local application is required, and the documented consequence is kernel-memory disclosure rather than modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Kernel information disclosure in affected Apple operating systems allows local users to read kernel memory through a malicious application. The Kernel component leaves memory incompletely initialized, allowing an application to receive residual kernel data; Apple has not identified the affected routine or input path. Execution of a malicious local application is required, and the documented consequence is kernel-memory disclosure rather than modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-1860
- Published
- Sep 8, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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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