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CVE-2011-3259

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
14/10/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 5 and Apple TV before 4.4 does not properly recover memory allocated for incomplete TCP connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making many connection attempts.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.0:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1:-:ipodtouch:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1.2:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.1.3:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2:-:ipodtouch:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2.1:-:ipad:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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