CVE-2010-0050 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 11.6% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTML document with improperly nested tags.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 11.64% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-03-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | iphone os |
| apple | safari |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| opensuse | opensuse |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Webkit (Apple Safari 4.0.5) - Blink Tag Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service | 2010-04-27 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041383.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041432.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041436.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023708
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56836
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7587
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
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