# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Apr 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm9v-cv65-vhrq

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1226?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- iPhone Springboard - Malformed Character Crash (PoC) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os

- [CVE-2021-30666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30666/): Apple iOS WebKit Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-30761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30761/): Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-30762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-30762/): Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-4657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4657/): Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-7286](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7286/): Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-1226 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1226 exists.

Affected product: Apple Iphone Os. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1226/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1226/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1226
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1226
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-1226

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