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CVE-2010-1417

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1417 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the WebKit CSS implementation, affecting Apple Safari on Mac OS X and Windows. Remote attackers could exploit this by crafting HTML content with multiple ":after" pseudo-selectors, leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this is a critical vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity but allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence or active exploitation is reported, its high FAUCET Risk Score indicates significant potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0656 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: webkitgtk

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1417Critical

WebKit: memory corruption vulnerability in rendering of certain CSS-styled HTML content

Jun 7, 2010

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
secunia.com / advisories/40105
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40196
secunia.com / advisories/41856
secunia.com / advisories/42314
secunia.com / advisories/43068
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6876
support.apple.com / kb/HT4196
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4220
support.apple.com / kb/HT4225
support.apple.com / kb/HT4456
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/40620
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/40672
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1006-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1373
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1512
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2722
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0552