Use After Free in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2010-0050
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.116 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.116 · newest: 0.116 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Safari
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 9.10, 10.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 12, 11, 13
- openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041383.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041432.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041436.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- secunia.com/advisories/41856 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43068 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4070 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4225 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-0050?
- CVE-2010-0050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2010-03-15.
- How severe is CVE-2010-0050?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2010-0050 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.