CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-2601

7.1 HIGH Published 2011-06-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2011-06-30
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-264

Description

The GPU support functionality in Mac OS X does not properly restrict rendering time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desktop hang) via vectors involving WebGL and (1) shader programs or (2) complex 3D geometry, as demonstrated by using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome to visit the lots-of-polys-example.html test page in the Khronos WebGL SDK.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-264

References

http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl/ Exploit
http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl/ Exploit

CVE-2011-2601

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References