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CVE-2010-3813

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3813 describes a vulnerability in WebKit's WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function, affecting Apple Safari on Mac OS X and Windows, and webkitgtk. The flaw allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions by exploiting how HTML LINK elements are processed for DNS prefetching, even when prefetching is disabled. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this medium-severity vulnerability could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts with moderate attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: webkitgtk-0:1.2.6-2.el6_0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3813Moderate

webkit: HTMLLinkElement ignores dnsPrefetchingEnabled setting

Nov 18, 2010

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
bugs.webkit.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/42314
secunia.com / advisories/43068
secunia.com / advisories/43086
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12293
support.apple.com / kb/HT4455
PatchVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4456
trac.webkit.org / changeset/63622
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3046
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0216
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0552