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CVE-2021-30879

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-30879 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Apple macOS, specifically macOS Monterey, Catalina, and Big Sur. It has a CVSS score of 7.1 (High) due to its potential to cause unexpected application termination or process memory disclosure if a user processes a maliciously crafted AppleScript binary. While the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion. The issue was addressed with improved bounds checking in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina, and macOS Big Sur 11.6.1.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2021CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.15, <= 10.15.6CPE 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

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT212869
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212871
support.apple.com / en-us/HT212872