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CVE-2021-30983

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling

CVE-2021-309834 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 70 = 40 + 20 + 0 + 4 + 6

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Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.02923 · CISA KEV listed  ·  without this subject the record ranks 30

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 7.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 50

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 70

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

2 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 66

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

CISA remediation date held  ·  without this subject the record ranks 64

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$146,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movementno material movementthe record holds only daily drift and scoring model releases
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$146,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.02923 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.02923EPSSKEV · LISTED
Severity7.8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationin the wild · KEVreceipt
Defensefix version namedreceipt
Movementdoubled within 72hreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2021-12-24, 1715 days at 0.03, as of 2026-09-04. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

Apple macOSCVE-2013-0641CVE-2013-1331CVE-2010-2572CVE-2007-5659CVE-2006-249230983

This record is one instance of CWE-120, buffer copy without checking size of input ('classic buffer overflow'). The index holds 4489 prior instances of this class, 23 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signalspoke length is how much of the record matches, not how bad it is

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Reachneeds local access · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')receipt
Published consequencesCWE-120: Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability: Modify Memory, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Availability: Modify Memory, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)[email protected]
Ransomware campaign useUnknown to CISAreceipt

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed in15.2receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
CISA remediation statusoverdue since 2022-07-18receipt
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.receipt
Published to CISA KEV307 daysderived

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2022-06-27.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed2022-06-27receipt
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD7.8 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.02923 · top 14% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth2 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byapplereceipt
Recorded changes42 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productApple iOS and iPadOSreceipt
Published rangesapple ipados < 15.2; apple iphone os < 15.2receipt
Fixed in15.2receipt

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What it is stated by the CNA

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
weakness
CWE-120
affected versions
apple ipados < 15.2; apple iphone os < 15.2
also scored by
7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Dated events

2022-06-27Added to CISA KEV2022-07-18CISA remediation due

Movement the material steps

24 Dec 20210.00731
7 Mar 20230.00103 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.00521 · scoring model v2025.03.14
15 Jun 20260.02729 · scoring model v2026.06.15
1 Aug 20260.02923

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 31 observations
24 Dec 20210.00731
29 Dec 20210.00107
6 Jan 20220.0048
4 Feb 20220.02763
1 Apr 20220.01036
7 Mar 20230.00103
17 Mar 20230.00107
13 Jun 20230.00088
8 Nov 20230.00112
16 Nov 20230.00088
30 Mar 20240.00107
9 May 20240.00131
30 Jul 20240.00138
17 Mar 20250.00521
19 Mar 20250.00518
29 Mar 20250.00684
30 Mar 20250.00518
16 Apr 20250.00603
28 Jun 20250.00633
5 Jul 20250.00668
13 Sep 20250.00625
21 Oct 20250.00616
24 Oct 20250.00678
18 Nov 20250.00307
21 Nov 20250.00678
21 Mar 20260.00696
26 Mar 20260.00678
15 Apr 20260.00499
15 Jun 20260.02729
17 Jun 20260.02934
1 Aug 20260.02923

31 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.02923Published2021-08-24CISA KEV2022-06-27Index as of2026-09-04

Listed by CISA 307 days after it published, exploit probability more than doubled between 2025-11-18 and 2025-11-21 (0.00307 → 0.00678) and the record had been public for 5 years when this index was last written.

No material movement in 34 days as of the last ingest this index recorded.

Published 2021-08-24 receipt · CISA KEV 2022-06-27 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-04 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-120, buffer copy without checking size of input ('classic buffer overflow'). The index holds 4489 prior instances of this class, 23 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2023-41064 · Apple macOSmatches 9 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2013-0641matches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2013receipt
CVE-2013-1331matches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2013receipt
CVE-2010-2572matches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2010receipt
CVE-2007-5659matches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2008receipt
CVE-2006-2492matches 7 of 8KEV listed · 2006receipt

"Matches n of m" counts the attributes the two records can both be compared on: the CVSS metrics they share a version of, any weakness class beyond this one, and the vendor. fit-rules@v1

4489 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

No curated product neighbourhood is held for this product, so the records above are the nearest this index can name. The neighbourhood table covers a small set of products and is extended by hand.

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Records related to this one

Fixed with these, by one advisory

Of the 11 records in this advisory that state one, this holds the highest EPSS percentile: 0.8611.

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