CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1779

Published: Apr 02, 2021 | Modified: Apr 09, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14 (including) 10.14.6 (excluding)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.15 (including) 10.15.7 (excluding)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6 (including) 10.14.6 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2019-004 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2019-004 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2019-005 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2019-005 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2019-006 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2019-006 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2019-007 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2019-007 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-001 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-001 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-002 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-002 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-003 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-003 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-004 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-004 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-005 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-005 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-006 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-006 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-security_update_2020-007 (including) 10.14.6-security_update_2020-007 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-supplemental_update (including) 10.14.6-supplemental_update (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.14.6-supplemental_update_2 (including) 10.14.6-supplemental_update_2 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.15.7 (including) 10.15.7 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.15.7-supplemental_update (including) 10.15.7-supplemental_update (including)
Macos Apple 11.0 (including) 11.2 (excluding)

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