CVE-2011-2831

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

WebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.5, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors related to iTunes Store browsing, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2011-10-11-1.

Affected products

Apple iTunes for Windows: through 10.4.1; 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.5.0, 4.6.0 (+51)
Apple Webkit: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50066
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17317
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981

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