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CVE-2010-2973

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2973 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the IOSurface component of Apple iOS, affecting iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads running versions prior to 4.0.2 and 3.2.2 respectively. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the device. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it's a high-severity vulnerability due to its local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was notably exploited by the JailbreakMe tool, and while not on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.1:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:-:ipodtouch:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-14538 · Aug 3, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0078 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html
osvdb.org / 66827
secunia.com / advisories/40807
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4291
support.apple.com / kb/HT4292
exploit-db.com / exploits/14538
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/42151