CVE-2021-30997
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-24 18:51
Modified
2024-08-03 22:48
Severity ?
Summary
A S/MIME issue existed in the handling of encrypted email. This issue was addressed by not automatically loading some MIME parts. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. An attacker may be able to recover plaintext contents of an S/MIME-encrypted e-mail.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212976
Impacted products
AppleiOS and iPadOS
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