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CVE-2021-30860

91
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-30860 is an integer overflow vulnerability affecting Apple products (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS) and other software utilizing Xpdf's JBIG2 implementation, allowing arbitrary code execution through maliciously crafted PDFs. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, notably by Pegasus spyware, and has garnered substantial community and media attention, despite no public exploit code being available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0, < 14.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.15, < 10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
75.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7599 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/25
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/26
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/27
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/28
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/38
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/39
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/50
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202209-21
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212804
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212805
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212806
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212807
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT212824
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/11
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