Critical severity · published Aug 24, 2021
CVE-2021-31009
Multiple issues were addressed by removing HDF5
9.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple issues were addressed by removing HDF5. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1. Multiple issues in HDF5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 15.2 · source: NVD
MA
macOS · Apple
12.0.0 before 12.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31009
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31009
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
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