CVE-2011-2601 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2601?

CVE-2011-2601 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Jun 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The GPU support functionality in Mac OS X does not properly restrict rendering time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desktop hang) via vectors involving WebGL and (1) shader programs or (2) complex 3D geometry, as demonstrated by using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome to visit the lots-of-polys-example.html test page in the Khronos WebGL SDK.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2601?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2601?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2601 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-2011-2601 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2601 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-h6x5-x352-96r3.