CVE-2021-30789: Apple iPhone OS

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 input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.7, macOS Big Sur 11.5, watchOS 7.6, tvOS 14.7, Security Update 2021-004 Catalina. Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: before 14.7 (fixed in 14.7)
• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.15, up to and including 10.15.6; version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: before 11.5 (fixed in 11.5); from 11.0, before 11.5 (fixed in 11.5)
• Apple tvOS: before 14.7 (fixed in 14.7)
• Apple watchOS: before 7.6 (fixed in 7.6)

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