Buffer overflow in macOS - CVE-2021-30799

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Buffer overflow in macOS - CVE-2021-30799

Published: July 22, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55220
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-2021-30799
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 boundary error when processing HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption 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
Arch Linux
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk3-devel
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

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30799

Install updates from vendor's website.

macOS - addressed in versions 11.5 20G71, 10.14.6 18G9323, 10.15.7 19H1323
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.32.3-1~deb10u1
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 - addressed in versions 2.32.3-1.fc33, 2.32.3-1.fc34
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
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - 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-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - update to 2.32.3-3.77.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - 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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