CVE-2021-1880 Memory corruption in macOS

What is CVE-2021-1880?

CVE-2021-1880 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 8 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, watchOS 7.4. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1880?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Macos, Apple Watchos.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1880?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1880 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-1880 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1880 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m4w5-gcq7-74fp.