Threats / Apple / CVE-2021-30665
CVE-2021-30665
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-08-04
Apple Multiple Products vulnerability
WebKit memory corruption vulnerability in Apple platforms enabling remote code execution through malicious web content processing.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
Out-of-bounds write in WebKit HTML parsing allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by delivering crafted web content to vulnerable browsers and applications on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
CISA KEV Yes · 2021-11-034EPSS 0.03692 (verify live)5CVSS 8.8 (CISA)3CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Impact: total3
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
8 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.03692 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: Apple, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CISA-assigned via the ADP container (CVE.org), version 3.1; the CNA left no metrics, so CISA's own score is used ahead of NVD.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record (may be stale); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 56 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
Craft malicious HTML or web content designed to trigger out-of-bounds memory write in WebKit parser
Business
Exposure of user devices across Apple ecosystem to arbitrary code execution without user interaction beyond visiting compromised or attacker-controlled web pages
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
Deliver payload through compromised websites, advertisements, or phishing campaigns targeting Safari and WebKit-dependent applications
Business
Potential compromise of user data, credentials, and device integrity across consumer and enterprise deployments
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
Execute arbitrary code with browser process privileges to establish persistence or lateral movement
Business
Risk of widespread device compromise affecting Apple's platform security reputation and user trust
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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