AirPort in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and reboot) via Wi-…

published 2011-03-23 15y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2011-0198

cvss: 4.9; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

AirPort in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and reboot) via Wi-Fi frames on the local wireless network, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0162.

Patch / fix

links 2

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

References

lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
vendor-advisory, patch
support.apple.com /kb/HT4581
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2011-0172
NVD CVE-2011-0172

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