CVE-2011-2870 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in WebKit, affecting Apple iOS before version 5.1 and iTunes before 10.6. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted website, leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.