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high7.5Known exploited

CVE-2021-31010

Apple iOS, macOS, watchOS Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

Exploited in the wild

This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-08-25. Federal due date: 2022-09-15.

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Impact

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..

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AppleIpados
before 14.8
AppleIphone Os
from 12.0 before 12.5.5
from 14.0 before 14.8
AppleMac Os X
from 10.15 before 10.15.7
Version 10.15.7
AppleMacos
from 11.0 before 11.6
AppleWatchos
before 7.6.2

Weakness classification

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