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CVE-2010-1029 json

Stack consumption vulnerability in the WebCore::CSSSelector function in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari 4.0.4, Apple Safari on iPhone OS an…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1061

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.7%
EPSS 11.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1029 updated cvss 4.3

qt: Stack consumption via specially-crafted CSS STYLE element

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-11574)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-11574 iPhone - 'WebCore::CSSSelector()' Remote Crash dos, 2010-02-24
  • EDB-11567 Apple Safari 4.0.4 / Google Chrome 4.0.249 - CSS style Stack Overflow Denial of Service (PoC) dos, 2010-02-24
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38398 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
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References

Sources

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