Memory corruption in iPadOS and Apple iOS - CVE-2021-30848

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Memory corruption in iPadOS and Apple iOS - CVE-2021-30848

Published: September 20, 2021 / Updated: November 1, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU56731
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-2021-30848
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 web page, 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

iPadOS
Apple iOS
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Anolis OS
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Apple Safari
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-devel
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30848

Install updates from vendor's website.

iPadOS - update to 15.0 19A346
Apple iOS - update to 15.0 19A346
WPE WebKit - update to 2.32.4
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.32.4
macOS - update to 12.0.1 21A559
Apple Safari - update to 15.0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.34.6-1.el8
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

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