Input validation error in macOS - CVE-2021-1880
Published: April 27, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52659
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1880
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the ImageIO component A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted image and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
macOS
watchOS
watchOS
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1880
Install updates from vendor's website.
macOS - update to 11.3 20E232
watchOS - update to 7.4 18T195
watchOS - update to 7.4 18T195