CVE-2021-30931
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory.
- Record
CVE-2021-30931- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory.
- Record
CVE-2021-30931- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-17848 No score
A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina. A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory.
- Record
EUVD-2021-17848- Updated
- 2026-11-03
Affected products
History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-30931 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Macos, published August 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.89%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.