CVE-2010-1179 - 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 a large integer in the numcolors attribute of a recolorinfo element in a VML file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-0024

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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 a large integer in the numcolors attribute of a recolorinfo element in a VML file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-0024

Published Mar 29, 2010

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 8.91%

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 a large integer in the numcolors attribute of a recolorinfo element in a VML file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-0024.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

8.91% 0.08914

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.08914

Score over time

2022-2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 4, 2026	8.91% (0.08914)	95.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	8.88% (0.08875)	94.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Oct 29, 2025	10.85% (0.10846)	93.03th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	4.98% (0.04975)	88.68th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	6.13% (0.06135)	84.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	4.98% (0.04975)	88.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.68% (0.01680)	88.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 1, 2024	1.68% (0.01680)	87.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 4, 2024	1.50% (0.01505)	86.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.50% (0.01505)	84.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	5.75% (0.05745)	90.34th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	5.75% (0.05745)	89.40th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	5.75% (0.05745)	77.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-189

References (3)

http://nishantdaspatnaik.yolasite.com/ipodpoc4.php
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11890
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38990
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://nishantdaspatnaik.yolasite.com/ipodpoc4.php		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11890		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38990		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 29, 2010

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 29, 2010

Link CVE-2010-1179

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2010-1179

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2010-1179