CVE-2021-30838 (GCVE-0-2021-30838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-19 13:11
Modified
2024-08-03 22:48
Severity ?
CWE
  • A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on devices with an Apple Neural Engine
Summary
A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on devices with an Apple Neural Engine.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple iOS and iPadOS Version: unspecified   < 15
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