CVE-2010-0050

HIGH

Apple Safari < 4.0.5 - Use-After-Free via Improperly Nested HTML Tags

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-0050. PoCs published by Dr_IDE.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a stack exhaustion denial-of-service (DoS) in WebKit-based browsers (e.g., Safari) by recursively calling functions via setInterval, causing infinite recursion and crashing the browser.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTML document with improperly nested tags.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Dr_IDE · htmldoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12425

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit triggers a stack exhaustion denial-of-service (DoS) in WebKit-based browsers (e.g., Safari) by recursively calling functions via setInterval, causing infinite recursion and crashing the browser.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Dos

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: WebKit (Safari 4.0.5)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Victim must visit the malicious HTML page

MITRE ATT&CK

T1499 - Endpoint Denial of Service

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (19)

Core 19

Core References

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56836

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023708

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/41856

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041383.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552

Broken Link vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7587

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041432.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html

Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38671

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041436.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.1164

EPSS Percentile 95.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (10)

apple/iphone_os 2.0 - 4.0

apple/safari < 4.0.5

canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.10

fedoraproject/fedora 11

fedoraproject/fedora 12

fedoraproject/fedora 13

opensuse/opensuse 11.2

opensuse/opensuse 11.3

Published Mar 15, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026