Buffer overflow in International Components for Unicode (ICU) in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving uppercase strings
Published Jun 24, 2011
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.09%
Description
Buffer overflow in International Components for Unicode (ICU) in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving uppercase strings.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 10.6.0
- 10.6.1
- 10.6.2
- 10.6.3
- 10.6.4
- 10.6.5
- 10.6.6
- 10.6.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.09% (0.03093) | 87.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.09% (0.03093) | 85.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.12% (0.01120) | 76.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.81% (0.00814) | 82.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 0.81% (0.00814) | 81.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00734) | 80.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00734) | 77.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.73% (0.02729) | 82.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.73% (0.02729) | 81.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.73% (0.02729) | 62.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68217 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68217 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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