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OS X update for Help Viewer (CVE-2021-30969)

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OS X update for Help Viewer (CVE-2021-30969)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/24/2021
Created
02/19/2022
Added
02/18/2022
Modified
10/31/2024

Description

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. Processing a maliciously crafted URL may cause unexpected JavaScript execution from a file on disk.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2021-008-catalina
  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_6_2

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