CVE-2011-3231

critical

Description

The SSL implementation in Apple Safari before 5.1.1 on Mac OS X before 10.7 accesses uninitialized memory during the processing of X.509 certificates, which allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted certificate.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70568

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000

http://osvdb.org/76390

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-10-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical