CVE-2011-0172

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

AirPort in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and reboot) via Wi-Fi frames on the local wireless network, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0162.

Affected products

macOS: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5 (+1)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5 (+1)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

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