PT-2011-2181 · Apple · Macos X+1

Cristian Draghici + 2 · Published 2011-06-24 · Updated 2011-07-23 · CVE-2011-0201

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.8

Description The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the CoreFoundation framework, which can be exploited by context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This is achieved through a CFString object that triggers a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.8, update to version 10.6.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0201

Affected Products

Corefoundation

Macos X

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0201 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 · Note