CVE-2010-1781

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Double free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple iOS before 4.1 on the iPhone and iPod touch allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to the rendering of an inline element.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: before 4.1 — fixed in 4.1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 9.10, 10.04, 10.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Sep/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41856
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43077
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1

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