CVE-2021-30661

HIGHNVD 8.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 5%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 14.1, iOS 12.5.3, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS
90.5%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

September 8, 2021

Last Modified

October 23, 2025

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of watchOS 7.4 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212324
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of tvOS 14.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212323
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of Safari 14.1 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212318
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212317
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of iOS 12.5.3 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212341
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.3 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-30661(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatwebkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_92025-07-07redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.30.4-1.el82021-05-18redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 97× in last 7d / 396× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 708 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 21:52 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 21:52 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-22 21:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  6. 2026-07-22 17:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-22 17:31 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-22 17:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-07-22 13:07 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-22 13:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-22 08:44 UTCVendor advisory
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  15. 2026-07-22 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
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  17. 2026-07-21 23:59 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-21 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-21 18:26 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-21 18:26 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-21 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  25. 2026-07-21 14:04 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-07-21 14:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-21 09:43 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-21 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-21 05:19 UTCVendor advisory
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  6. 2026-07-21 00:55 UTCVendor advisory
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  8. 2026-07-20 20:33 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-20 20:33 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-20 20:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-20 17:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-20 16:09 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-07-20 16:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-20 11:47 UTCVendor advisory
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  20. 2026-07-19 22:41 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-19 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-19 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-19 18:19 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-07-19 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-19 14:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-19 13:57 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-07-19 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-19 09:35 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-19 09:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-19 05:13 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-07-19 05:13 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-07-19 05:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-07-19 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  35. 2026-07-19 00:50 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-19 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-18 20:28 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-07-18 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-18 16:06 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-18 16:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-18 11:44 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-07-18 11:44 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-07-18 11:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-18 10:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-07-18 10:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-07-18 07:22 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-07-18 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-07-18 03:00 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-07-18 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-07-17 22:38 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-07-17 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-07-17 18:16 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-07-17 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-07-17 13:51 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-07-17 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-07-17 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-07-17 09:28 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-07-17 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-07-17 05:06 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-07-17 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-17 00:44 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-07-17 00:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-16 20:19 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-07-16 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  66. 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-07-16 15:57 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-07-16 15:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  73. 2026-07-16 02:50 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-07-16 02:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-07-15 22:28 UTCVendor advisory

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2021-30661?
CVE-2021-30661 is a high vulnerability published on September 8, 2021. A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 14.1, iOS 12.5.3, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report…
When was CVE-2021-30661 disclosed?
CVE-2021-30661 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 8, 2021, with the most recent update on October 23, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-30661 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2021-30661 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting Apple Multiple Products. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-30661?
CVE-2021-30661 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2021-30661?
CVE-2021-30661 affects Apple Multiple Products. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2021-30661?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-30661, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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