Vulnerability · CVE-2021-30661
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Storage Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Published Apr 26, 2021 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Apple Multiple Products
Patch now
CVE-2021-30661 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Nov 17, 2021. Confirm Apple Multiple Products against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 4.49%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe apple/ipados · cpe apple/iphone os · cpe apple/macos · cpe apple/safari · cpe apple/tvos · cpe apple/watchos
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit Storage contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
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- cpe apple/ipadosversion unspecified
- cpe apple/iphone osversion unspecified
- cpe apple/macosversion unspecified
- cpe apple/safariversion unspecified
- cpe apple/tvosversion unspecified
- cpe apple/watchosversion unspecified
- vendor Apple Multiple Productsversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2021-30661
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Nov 17, 2021.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2021-30661 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Nov 17, 2021. Confirm Apple Multiple Products against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 4.49%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 8, 2021 · Catalog
Detected
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit Storage contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Nov 17, 2021 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit Storage contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-30661
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit Storage contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple Safari and non-Apple products which rely on WebKit for HTML processing.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-30661
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-30661
30-day exploitation probability 4.5%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-30661
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 14.1, iOS 12.5.3, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aw
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-30661
Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari WebKit Storage contain a use-after-free vulnerability that leads to code execution when processing maliciously crafted web content. This vulnerability could impact HTML parsers that use WebKit, including but not limited to Apple
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · docs.google.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- Vendor Advisory · support.apple.com
- Vendor Advisory · support.apple.com
- Vendor Advisory · support.apple.com
- Vendor Advisory · support.apple.com
- Vendor Advisory · support.apple.com
- Vendor Advisory · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · support.apple.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.