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About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave

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# About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave This document describes the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave. ## About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the [Apple security updates](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222>) page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by [CVE-ID](<http://cve.mitre.org/about/>) when possible. For more information about security, see the [Apple Product Security](<https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201220>) page. ![](/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/mac_apps/itunes/divider.png) ## macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave Released February 1, 2021 **Analytics** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-1761: Cees Elzinga **APFS** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A local user may be able to read arbitrary files Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. CVE-2021-1797: Thomas Tempelmann **CFNetwork Cache** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2020-27945: Zhuo Liang of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team **CoreAnimation** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A malicious application could execute arbitrary code leading to compromise of user information Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1760: @S0rryMybad of 360 Vulcan Team **CoreAudio** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1747: JunDong Xie of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **CoreGraphics** Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1776: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero Entry updated March 16, 2021 **CoreMedia** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1759: Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT **CoreText** Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text file may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A stack overflow was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1772: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative Entry updated March 16, 2021 **CoreText** Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1792: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative Entry updated March 16, 2021 **Crash Reporter** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-1761: Cees Elzinga **Crash Reporter** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic. CVE-2021-1787: James Hutchins **Crash Reporter** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: A local user may be able to create or modify system files Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1786: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security **Directory Utility** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: A malicious application may be able to access private information Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-27937: Wojciech Reguła (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing **Endpoint Security** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1802: Zhongcheng Li (@CK01) of WPS Security Response Center **FairPlay** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A malicious application may be able to disclose kernel memory Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1791: Junzhi Lu (@pwn0rz), Qi Sun & Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative **FontParser** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1790: Peter Nguyen Vu Hoang of STAR Labs **FontParser** Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. CVE-2021-1775: Mickey Jin and Qi Sun of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative Entry updated March 16, 2021 **FontParser** Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2020-29608: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **FontParser** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 and macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1758: Peter Nguyen of STAR Labs **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An access issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2021-1783: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1741: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1743: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab ** ImageIO** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1773: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed in the curl. This issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1778: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1736: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1785: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab Entry updated March 16, 2021 **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-1766: Danny Rosseau of Carve Systems Entry updated March 16, 2021 **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1818: Xingwei Lin of Ant-Financial Light-Year Security Lab Entry updated March 16, 2021 **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-1742: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1746: Jeonghoon Shin(@singi21a) of THEORI, Mickey Jin & Qi Sun of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1754: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1774: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1777: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1793: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab Entry updated March 16, 2021 **ImageIO** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 and macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1737: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab CVE-2021-1738: Lei Sun CVE-2021-1744: Xingwei Lin of Ant Security Light-Year Lab **IOKit** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges Description: A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling. CVE-2021-1779: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security **IOSkywalkFamily** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1757: Pan ZhenPeng (@Peterpan0927) of Alibaba Security, Proteas **Kernel** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A logic issue existed resulting in memory corruption. This was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-27904: Zuozhi Fan (@pattern_F_) of Ant Group Tianqiong Security Lab **Kernel** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2021-1764: @m00nbsd **Kernel** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited. Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking. CVE-2021-1782: an anonymous researcher **Kernel** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved logic. CVE-2021-1750: @0xalsr **Login Window** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to bypass authentication policy Description: An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-29633: Jewel Lambert of Original Spin, LLC. **Messages** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A malicious application may be able to leak sensitive user information Description: A privacy issue existed in the handling of Contact cards. This was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1781: Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security Entry added March 16, 2021 **Messages** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: A user that is removed from an iMessage group could rejoin the group Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-1771: Shreyas Ranganatha (@strawsnoceans) **Model I/O** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1762: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative Entry updated March 16, 2021 **Model I/O** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to heap corruption Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-29614: ZhiWei Sun (@5n1p3r0010) of Topsec Alpha Lab **Model I/O** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1763: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative **Model I/O** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to heap corruption Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2021-1767: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative **Model I/O** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation. CVE-2021-1745: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative **Model I/O** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1753: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative **Model I/O** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. CVE-2021-1768: Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative **NetFSFramework** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: Mounting a maliciously crafted Samba network share may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2021-1751: Mikko Kenttälä (@Turmio_) of SensorFu **OpenLDAP** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-25709 **Power Management** Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2020-27938: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan **Screen Sharing** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Multiple issues in pcre Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 8.44. CVE-2019-20838 CVE-2020-14155 **SQLite** Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Impact: Multiple issues in SQLite Description: Multiple issues were addressed with improved checks. CVE-2020-15358 **Swift** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2021-1769: CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs **WebKit** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. CVE-2021-1788: Francisco Alonso (@revskills) **WebKit** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy Description: This issue was addressed with improved iframe sandbox enforcement. CVE-2021-1765: Eliya Stein of Confiant CVE-2021-1801: Eliya Stein of Confiant **WebKit** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. CVE-2021-1789: @S0rryMybad of 360 Vulcan Team **WebKit** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited. Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2021-1871: an anonymous researcher CVE-2021-1870: an anonymous researcher **WebRTC** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A malicious website may be able to access restricted ports on arbitrary servers Description: A port redirection issue was addressed with additional port validation. CVE-2021-1799: Gregory Vishnepolsky & Ben Seri of Armis Security, and Samy Kamkar **XNU** Available for: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state handling. CVE-2021-30869: Apple Entry added September 23, 2021 ![](/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/mac_apps/itunes/divider.png) ## Additional recognition **Kernel** We would like to acknowledge Junzhi Lu (@pwn0rz), Mickey Jin & Jesse Change of Trend Micro for their assistance. **libpthread** We would like to acknowledge CodeColorist of Ant-Financial Light-Year Labs for their assistance. **Login Window** We would like to acknowledge Jose Moises Romero-Villanueva of CrySolve for their assistance. **Mail Drafts** We would like to acknowledge Jon Bottarini of HackerOne for their assistance. **Screen Sharing Server** We would like to acknowledge @gorelics for their assistance. **WebRTC** We would like to acknowledge Philipp Hancke for their assistance. Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. [Contact the vendor](<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2693>) for additional information. Published Date: September 23, 2021


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
macos big sur 11.0.1
macos catalina 10.15.7
and macos mojave 10.14.6

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