CVE-2010-1029

medium
Published 2010-03-19 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.0

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the WebCore::CSSSelector function in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari 4.0.4, Apple Safari on iPhone OS and iPhone OS for iPod touch, and Google Chrome 4.0.249, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a STYLE element composed of a large number of *> sequences.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-11574 dos hardware
t12 ยท 2010-02-24

iPhone - 'WebCore::CSSSelector()' Remote Crash

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-11567 dos multiple verified
Rad L. Sneak ยท 2010-02-24

Apple Safari 4.0.4 / Google Chrome 4.0.249 - CSS style Stack Overflow Denial of Service (PoC)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

OS impact

macos macOS Fixed 23 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
3.1.2 Not affected โ€”
3.0.1 Not affected โ€”
3.0 Not affected โ€”
2.2.1 Not affected โ€”
2.2 Not affected โ€”
2.1.1 Not affected โ€”
2.1 Not affected โ€”
2.0.2 Not affected โ€”
2.0.1 Not affected โ€”
2.0.0 Not affected โ€”
2.0 Not affected โ€”
1.1.5 Not affected โ€”
1.1.4 Not affected โ€”
1.1.3 Not affected โ€”
1.1.2 Not affected โ€”
1.1.1 Not affected โ€”
1.1.0 Not affected โ€”
1.1 Not affected โ€”
1.0.2 Not affected โ€”
1.0.1 Not affected โ€”
1.0.0 Not affected โ€”
1.0 Not affected โ€”
โ€” Not affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
macos applesafari4.0.4
gcp googlechrome4.0.249.0
macos applesafari

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.