CVE-2010-1226 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Safari, Mail, or Springboard on iOS devices by sending a crafted HTML element, requiring user interaction to view the content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-1226?
CVE-2010-1226 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 1 Apr 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The HTTP client functionality in Apple iPhone OS 3.1 on the iPhone 2G and 3.1.3 on the iPhone 3GS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Safari, Mail, or Springboard crash) via a crafted innerHTML property of a DIV element, related to a "malformed character" issue.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1226?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Iphone Os.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1226?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-1226 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1226 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hm9v-cv65-vhrq.