CVE-2021-30858: Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Apple
Product: iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
Added to the catalog: 2021-11-03
Due date for US federal agencies: 2021-11-17
Weaknesses: CWE-416
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30858

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2021-08-24T19:15:14.253
Last modified: 2026-06-17T03:51:01.483
Weaknesses: CWE-416

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/25 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/27 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/29 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/38 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/39 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/50 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/20/1 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/26/9 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/1 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/2 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/4 (Mailing List)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO6DMTHZR57JDBOXPSNR2MKDMCRWV265/ (Release Notes)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XYNV7ASK4LQVAUMJXNXBS3Z7RVDQ2N3W/ (Release Notes)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804 (Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807 (Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212824 (Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4975 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4976 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/25 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/27 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/29 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/38 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/39 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/50 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/20/1 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/26/9 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/1 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/2 (Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/27/4 (Mailing List)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO6DMTHZR57JDBOXPSNR2MKDMCRWV265/ (Release Notes)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XYNV7ASK4LQVAUMJXNXBS3Z7RVDQ2N3W/ (Release Notes)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804 (Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807 (Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212824 (Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4975 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4976 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30858 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: apple
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-08-24T18:49:23.000Z
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:37.307Z
Problem types: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212804
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212807
20210917 APPLE-SA-2021-09-13-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6
20210917 APPLE-SA-2021-09-13-1 iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8
20210917 APPLE-SA-2021-09-13-5 Safari 14.1.2
[oss-security] 20210920 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0005
FEDORA-2021-c00e45b6c0
20210921 APPLE-SA-2021-09-20-6 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2021-09-13-1 iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8
20210921 APPLE-SA-2021-09-20-7 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2021-09-13-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6
DSA-4975
DSA-4976
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212824
20210924 APPLE-SA-2021-09-23-1 iOS 12.5.5
FEDORA-2021-edf6957b7d
[oss-security] 20211026 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006
[oss-security] 20211027 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006
[oss-security] 20211027 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006
[oss-security] 20211027 Re: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0006

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-416: Use After Free

Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2021-30858: Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-ce77808fc4c9, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2021-30858 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T03:51:01.483.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:25:37.307Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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