Description
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Apple watchOS
unspecified to < 8.3affected
Apple iOS and iPadOS
unspecified to < 15.2affected
Apple macOS
unspecified to < 12.1affected
Apple macOS
unspecified to < 11.6affected
Apple macOS
unspecified to < 15.2affected
Apple macOS
unspecified to < 2021affected
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212975 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212981 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212980 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165670/XNU-Kernel-mach_msg-Use-After-Free.html ↗