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.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- 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
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
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.
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
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.