Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2010-1119

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Safari on Apple iP…

Published Mar 25, 2010 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Apple

Check this week

CVE-2010-1119 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 19.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Apple.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical10.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
19.36%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe apple/safari

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Safari on Apple iPhone OS allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or read the SMS database or other data, via vectors related to "attribute manipulation," as demonstrated by Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf Philipp Weinmann during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • cpe apple/safari1.0
  • cpe apple/safari1.0.0
  • cpe apple/safari1.0.0b1
  • cpe apple/safari1.0.0b2
  • cpe apple/safari1.0.1
  • cpe apple/safari1.0.2
  • cpe apple/safari1.0.3
  • cpe apple/safari<= 4.0.5

How to fix CVE-2010-1119

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2010-1119 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 19.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Apple.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2, 1.0.1, 1.0.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-399. EPSS 19.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 25, 2010 · Apple Security Releases

    Detected

    Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Safari on Apple iPhone OS allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or read the SMS database or other data, via vectors related to "attribute manipulation," as demonstrated by Vincenzo Iozzo an

  2. Jun 16, 2026 · Apple Security Releases

    Updated

    Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Safari on Apple iPhone OS allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or read the SMS database or other data, via vectors related to "attribute manipulation," as demonstrated by Vincenzo Iozzo an

Sources

  • Apple Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2010-1119

    Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Safari on Apple iPhone OS allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or read the SMS database or other data, via vectors related to "attribute manipulation," as demonstrated by Vincenzo Iozzo an

    nvd.nist.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2010-1119

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2010-1119

    30-day exploitation probability 19.36%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference16974

    Public exploit archive reference. This is not confirmation of exploitation. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.