CVE-2010-0040

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-03-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 on Windows, and iTunes before 9.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an image with a crafted color profile that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 4.0.4; 4.0, 4.0.0b, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39135
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4105
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38671
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38674
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023706
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56826
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6741
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html

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