CVE-2021-31008: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in Safari 15.1, tvOS 15.1, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey 12.0.1, watchOS 8.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.0 (fixed in 15.0)
• Apple macOS: version 12.0.0 only
• Apple Safari: before 15.1 (fixed in 15.1)
• 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.