CVE-2021-30905: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, macOS Monterey 12.0.1, tvOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, Security Update 2021-007 Catalina. Processing a maliciously crafted file may disclose user information.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.8 (fixed in 14.8); version 15.0 only
• Apple iPhone OS: before 14.8 (fixed in 14.8); version 15.0 only
• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.15, before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: before 11.6.1 (fixed in 11.6.1); version 12.0.0 only
• Apple tvOS: before 15.1 (fixed in 15.1)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.1 (fixed in 8.1)

Published 2021-08-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.