CVE-2011-0214

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

CFNetwork in Apple Safari before 5.0.6 on Windows does not properly handle an untrusted attribute of a system root certificate, which allows remote web servers to bypass intended SSL restrictions via a certificate signed by a blacklisted certification authority.

Affected products

Apple Cfnetwork: all versions
Apple Safari: through 5.0.5; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2 (+59)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808

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