Rewterz Threat Advisory -Apple iOS and iPadOS Denial of Service

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-30698

Apple iOS and iPadOS are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the WebRTC componenet. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

CVE-2021-30714

Apple iOS and iPadOS are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in the AVEVideoEncoder component. By executing a specially-crafted application, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

Impact

Denial of Service

Affected Vendors

Apple

Affected Products

Apple iPadOS 14.5
Apple iOS 14.5

Remediation

Refer to Apple security document HT212528 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

Apple security document HT212528

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