Vulnerability in Apple Tv
CVE-2011-3259
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Tv — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
- Apple Iphone OS — versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70530 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5001 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/50087 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)