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CVE-2021-1872

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-1872 is a logic issue in Apple's iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that could prevent muting a CallKit call while ringing, due to improper state management. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with a low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability. While no public exploit code exists (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, with multiple reports indicating it was actively exploited in the wild as a zero-day, notably in conjunction with NSO iPhone spyware. Apple addressed this issue in iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and macOS Big Sur 11.3.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 14.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0, < 11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0104 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT212317
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212324
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212325
Vendor Advisory