Type Confusion in macOS - CVE-2021-30758

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Type Confusion in macOS - CVE-2021-30758

Published: July 22, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55217
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-2021-30758
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted website, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

macOS
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Enterprise Storage
watchOS
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
tvOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
Ubuntu
Fedora
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package)
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
libsoup-lang
typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4
libsoup-devel
libsoup-debugsource
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo
libsoup-2_4-1
Apple Safari

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30758

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 11.5 20G71
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.32.3-1~deb10u1
watchOS - update to 7.6 18U63
tvOS - update to 14.7 18M60
Apple Safari - update to 14.1.2
iPadOS - addressed in versions 14.7 18G69, 14.7 18G70
Apple iOS - update to 14.7 18G69
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.32.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 2.32.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.32.3-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.32.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 2.32.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2.32.3-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.32.3-1.fc33
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
libsoup-lang - update to 2.62.2-17.8.1
typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4 - update to 2.62.2-17.8.1
libsoup-devel - update to 2.62.2-17.8.1
libsoup-debugsource - update to 2.62.2-17.8.1
libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo - update to 2.62.2-17.8.1
libsoup-2_4-1 - update to 2.62.2-17.8.1

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