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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

2011-10-14T10:55:10.307

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apple apple_tv 4.0 Yes
Application apple apple_tv 4.1 Yes
Application apple apple_tv 4.2 Yes
Application apple apple_tv 4.3 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.1.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.1.3 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.2.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.2.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 3.2.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.0.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.0.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.0.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.0.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.2.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.2.5 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.2.8 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.3.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.3.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.3.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.3.3 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.3.5 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.3.5 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 4.3.5 Yes
References