CVE-2021-1885: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.3, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.5 (fixed in 14.5)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 14.5 (fixed in 14.5)
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.3 (fixed in 11.3)
• Apple tvOS: before 14.5 (fixed in 14.5)
• Apple watchOS: before 7.4 (fixed in 7.4)

Published 2021-09-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.