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CVE-2011-0227

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-07-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The queueing primitives in IOMobileFrameBuffer in Apple iOS before 4.2.9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 do not properly perform type conversion, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 4.2.8; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+29)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4802
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4803
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4802
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4803

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