HIGH
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
Published Oct 12, 2011
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.59%
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
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 10.4.1
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.1.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.5
- 4.5.0
- 4.6
- 4.6.0
- 4.7
- 4.7.0
- 4.7.1
- 4.7.2
- 4.8.0
- 4.9.0
- 5.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.4.2
- 6.0.5
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.1.0
- 7.1.1
- 7.2.0
- 7.3.0
- 7.3.1
- 7.3.2
- 7.4
- 7.4.0
- 7.4.1
- 7.4.2
- 7.4.3
- 7.5
- 7.5.0
- 7.6
- 7.6.0
- 7.6.1
- 7.6.2
- 7.7
- 7.7.0
- 7.7.1
- 8.0.0
- 8.0.1
- 8.0.2
- 8.1
- 8.1.1
- 8.2
- 8.2.1
- 9.0.0
- 9.0.1
- 9.0.2
- 9.0.3
- 9.2
- 9.2.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.1
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.4
Running on/with
OR
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.59% 0.05593
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05593
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.59% (0.05593) | 92.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.59% (0.05593) | 91.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 13, 2026 | 6.20% (0.06200) | 90.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 4.66% (0.04663) | 88.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 6.75% (0.06750) | 91.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 4.17% (0.04165) | 88.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 6.05% (0.06048) | 90.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 4.17% (0.04165) | 88.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.69% (0.06693) | 90.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12.32% (0.12324) | 95.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 7.30% (0.07296) | 94.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 8.38% (0.08384) | 94.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 9.58% (0.09578) | 94.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 8.73% (0.08731) | 93.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2023 | 7.81% (0.07813) | 93.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.79% (0.08792) | 93.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.91% (0.03914) | 85.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.91% (0.03914) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.91% (0.03914) | 67.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://osvdb.org/76381 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16784 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://osvdb.org/76381 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16784 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apple
Published Oct 12, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 19, 2011
Link CVE-2011-3252
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a