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CVE-2011-0162

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Wi-Fi in Apple iOS before 4.3 and Apple TV before 4.2 does not properly perform bounds checking for Wi-Fi frames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reset) via unspecified traffic on the local wireless network.

Affected products

• Apple TV: 4.0
• Apple Iphone Os: through 4.2; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+23)
• Apple tvOS: through 3.0.2; 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00005.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4565
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46813
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025182
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65998
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00005.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4565
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46813

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