CVE-2010-0040
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.5%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 on Windows, and iTunes before 9.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an image with a crafted color profile that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0072)
- Published
- March 15, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0072 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- microsoft / windows
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39135
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4105
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38671(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38674(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023706
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56826
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6741
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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