CVE-2011-0173: Apple Applescript

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in AppleScript in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a (1) display dialog or (2) display alert command in a dialog in an AppleScript Studio application.

Affected products

• Apple Applescript: any version
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.6.6; version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only; version 10.6.4 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: up to and including 10.6.6; version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only; version 10.6.4 only; …

Published 2011-03-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.