CVE-2010-0048
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 a crafted XML document.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 a crafted XML document.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.04% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apple/safari
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 5.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisory
- 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/HT4070Vendor Advisory
- 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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7135
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisory
- 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/HT4070Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38671
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.