CVE-2011-0163

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% 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

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.4 and iOS before 4.3, does not properly handle unspecified "cached resources," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource unavailability) via a crafted web site that conducts a cache-poisoning attack.

Affected products

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 Safari: through 5.0.3; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2 (+57)
Apple Webkit: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66001
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66001

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