Buffer overflow in Apple Iphone OS

CVE-2010-1814

WebKit in Apple iOS before 4.1 on the iPhone and iPod touch, and webkitgtk before 1.2.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving form menus.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2010-09-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.042 (90.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Iphone OS
Apple Ipod Touch
Webkitgtk
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 9.10, 10.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/43068 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Sep/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT4334 (Vendor Advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT4455 (Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/41856 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)