A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.1, tvOS 14.2. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931 | vendor advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211928 | vendor advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211929 | vendor advisory |
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211930 | vendor advisory |