CVE-2010-2973

medium

Published 2010-08-05 · 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

7.9

Description

Integer overflow in IOSurface in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch, and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving IOSurface properties, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe.

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-14538 local ios verified text · 1 KB

jailbreakme · 2010-08-03

Apple iOS - '.pdf' Local Privilege Escalation 'Jailbreak'

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

The files contained in the archive link below are those that make use of a pdf exploit in order to jailbreak devices running Apple iOS.  These pdf's are of interest in that they originate in userland and give root access to the devices.

https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/14538.7z (ios_pdf_exploit.7z)

OS impact

macOS Mixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
4.0.1	Affected	—
4.0	Affected	—
—	Not affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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

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