CVE-2021-30942: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description: A memory corruption issue in the processing of ICC profiles was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.2 (fixed in 15.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.2 (fixed in 15.2)
• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.15, before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.6.2 (fixed in 11.6.2); from 12.0, before 12.1 (fixed in 12.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.2 (fixed in 15.2)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.3 (fixed in 8.3)

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