CVE-2011-3259 — Apple TV vulnerability

CWE-3993 documents3 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple TVApple Iphone OS
Timeline
PublishedOct 14
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/apple_tv4 versions+3
▶NVDapple/iphone_os19 versions+18

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2g22-24qq-rqw9: The kernel in Apple iOS before 5 and Apple TV before 4↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2011-3259: The kernel in Apple iOS before 5 and Apple TV before 4↗2011-10-14
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CVE-2011-3259 — Apple TV vulnerability | cvebase