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CVE-2011-0216
Off-by-one error in libxml in Apple Safari before 5.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Off-by-one error in libxml in Apple Safari before 5.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted web site.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1749 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-07-20-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- DSA-2394 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-0242 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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