CVE-2011-1418

medium

Description

The stateless address autoconfiguration (aka SLAAC) functionality in the IPv6 networking implementation in Apple iOS before 4.3 and Apple TV before 4.2 places the MAC address into the IPv6 address, which makes it easier for remote IPv6 servers to track users by logging source IPv6 addresses.

References

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4565

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00005.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-03-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00388