CVE-2010-0538
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 7 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 before Update 2 do not properly handle mediaLibImage objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted applet, related to the com.sun.medialib.mlib package.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0569)
- Published
- May 21, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0569 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / java
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39819(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024011
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4170(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4171(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40238(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1191(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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