What is CVE-2011-0186?

CVE-2011-0186 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. Published 2011-03-23.

Is CVE-2011-0186 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2011-0186

QuickTime in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted JPEG2000 image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2011-03-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

CyberSecAI/cve_

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Aug/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-0186?: CVE-2011-0186 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. Published 2011-03-23.
Is CVE-2011-0186 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.