CVE-2011-3252

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% 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

Buffer overflow in CoreAudio, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) stream.

Affected products

Apple iTunes for Windows: through 10.4.1; 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.5, 4.5.0 (+63)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/76381
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16784
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/76381
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16784

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