CVE-2011-2074

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 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: 2011-05-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the client in Skype 5.x before 5.1.0.922 on Mac OS X allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Affected products

Microsoft Skype for Consumer: 5.0.0.105, 5.0.0.105-beta, 5.0.0.123-beta, 5.0.0.152, 5.0.0.156, 5.1.0.104 (+1)

References

http://blogs.skype.com/security/2011/05/security_vulnerability_in_mac.html
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=10837
http://secunia.com/advisories/44522
http://www.purehacking.com/blogs/gordon-maddern/skype-0day-vulnerabilitiy-discovered-by-pure-hacking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47747
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/06/skype_for_mac_critical_vulnerability/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1192
http://blogs.skype.com/security/2011/05/security_vulnerability_in_mac.html
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=10837
http://secunia.com/advisories/44522
http://www.purehacking.com/blogs/gordon-maddern/skype-0day-vulnerabilitiy-discovered-by-pure-hacking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47747

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