CVE-2010-1939
Use-after-free vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using window.open to…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 14.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using window.open to create a popup window for a crafted HTML document, and then calling the parent window's close method, which triggers improper handling of a deleted window object.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apple Safari 4.0.5 - 'parent.close()' Memory Corruption (ASLR + DEP Bypass) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12614remote, windowspublished 15 May 2010Verified
- Apple Safari 4.0.5 - 'parent.close()' Memory Corruption Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12573remote, windowspublished 11 May 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.7% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 39670 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20004709-263.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1097 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 39990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://h07.w.interia.pl/Safari.rar (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 64482 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1023958 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#943165 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-1958 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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