CVE-2011-2603 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a desktop hang on Mac OS X via a crafted web page, requiring user interaction to visit the page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-2603?
CVE-2011-2603 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, 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 NVIDIA 9400M driver 6.2.6 on Mac OS X 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desktop hang) via a crafted web page that is visited with Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, as demonstrated by the lots-of-polys-example.html test page in the Khronos WebGL SDK.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2603?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia 9400m Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2603?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2603 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-2011-2603 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2603 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qx8m-fxf9-f353.