CVE-2011-0196 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2011-0196?

CVE-2011-0196 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 Jun 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

AirPort in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and reboot) via Wi-Fi frames on the local wireless network.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0196?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0196?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2011-0196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-56rv-9pq3-r7qh.