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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2021-1884 json

A race condition was addressed with improved locking.

published 2021-09-08 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-7348

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, tvOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 14.5
  • Apple tvOS 14.5
  • Apple watchOS 7.4
  • Apple macOS 11.3, 2021

Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Apple iOS and iPadOS
  • Apple tvOS
  • Apple watchOS
  • Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.