CVE-2010-1131

Apple Safari - Denial of Service via Repeated <object> Substring

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2010-1131. PoCs published by 3lkt3F0k4, Mathias Karlsson.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in Safari 4.0.5 on Windows XP SP3 by causing a crash in JavaScriptCore.dll via a large number of nested <object> tags. The PoC demonstrates a memory corruption issue leading to an access violation.

Description

JavaScriptCore.dll, as used in Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows XP SP3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTML document composed of many successive occurrences of the <object> substring.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by 3lkt3F0k4 · phpdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11838

This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in Safari 4.0.5 on Windows XP SP3 by causing a crash in JavaScriptCore.dll via a large number of nested <object> tags. The PoC demonstrates a memory corruption issue leading to an access violation.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows XP SP3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage hosting this exploit
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC
by Mathias Karlsson · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12487

This exploit triggers a DoS condition in Safari 5.31.22.7 by recursively creating iframes and calling window.print(), leading to a stack overflow in JavaScriptCore.dll. The crash is consistent with the provided error report.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Safari 5.31.22.7 on Windows 7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage · Safari 5.31.22.7 on Windows 7
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38884

Scores

EPSS 0.0381
EPSS Percentile 88.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
apple/safari 4.0.5
Published Mar 27, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026