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CVE-2011-0228
The Data Security component in Apple iOS before 4.2.10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.5 does not check the basicConstraints parameter during…
High7.5EPSS 6.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
The Data Security component in Apple iOS before 4.2.10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.5 does not check the basicConstraints parameter during validation of X.509 certificate chains, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL server by using a non-CA certificate to sign a certificate for an arbitrary domain.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- APPLE-SA-2011-07-25-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2011-007.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 48877 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4824 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20110725 TWSL2011-007: iOS SSL Implementation Does Not Validate Certificate Chain (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-07-25-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4825 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8361 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1025837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .