Vulnerability · CVE-2010-1179
CVE-2010-1179 is listed by apple.
Published Mar 29, 2010 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Apple
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2010-1179. EPSS is 8.91%. Act only if a listed version of Apple is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 8.91%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe apple/safari
CVE-2010-1179 is listed by apple.
Are you affected?
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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe apple/safariversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2010-1179
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2010-1179. EPSS is 8.91%. Act only if a listed version of Apple is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-189. EPSS 8.91%. 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 29, 2010 · Apple Security Releases
Detected
CVE-2010-1179 is listed by apple.
Jun 16, 2026 · Apple Security Releases
Updated
CVE-2010-1179 is listed by apple.
Sources
- Apple Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2010-1179
Safari on Apple iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large integer in the numcolors attribute of a recolorinfo element in a VML file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-0024.
nvd.nist.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2010-1179
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2010-1179
30-day exploitation probability 8.91%
first.org - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference11890
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.