A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS and iPadOS up to 14.3 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebKit. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 01/26/2021 as HT212146 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-1870. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/20/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

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.

It is declared as highly functional. This issue was added on 11/03/2021 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 11/17/2021:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 14.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Apple

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• iOS
• iPadOS

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• 14.0
• 14.1
• 14.2
• 14.3

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• commercial

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