Security News > 2021 > July > Apple Patches 'Actively Exploited' Mac, iOS Security Flaw
Apple on Monday released a major security update with fixes for a security defect the company says "May have been actively exploited" to plant malware on macOS and iOS devices.
Instead, a line in Apple advisory simply reads: "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited."
The newly patched vulnerability - CVE-2021-30807 - was reported anonymously to Apple and is described as a memory corruption flaw that could be exploited to launch code execution attacks with kernel privileges.
The newest patch comes less than a week after Apple shipped iOS 14.7 with fixes for a wide range of security issues.
Ryan Naraine is Editor-at-Large at SecurityWeek and host of the popular Security Conversations podcast series.
Ryan has built security engagement programs at major global brands, including Intel Corp., Bishop Fox and Kaspersky GReAT. He is a co-founder of Threatpost and the global SAS conference series.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-19 | CVE-2021-30807 | Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Apple products A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. | 7.8 |