CVE-2021-30847: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, tvOS 15, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, iTunes 12.12 for Windows. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
• Apple iTunes: before 12.12 (fixed in 12.12)
• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.15, up to and including 10.15.6; version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.6 (fixed in 11.6)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.0 (fixed in 8.0)

Published 2021-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.