CVE-2010-1399

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, accesses uninitialized memory during a selection change on a form input element, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 4.0.5; 4.0, 4.0.0b, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4
Apple Webkit: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40105
http://secunia.com/advisories/40196
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024067
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40620

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