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CVE-2010-1843

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1843 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X versions 10.6.2 through 10.6.4, affecting both client and server editions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted PIM packet, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0291 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
secunia.com / advisories/42314
support.apple.com / kb/HT4435
PatchVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4456
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3046