CVE-2010-0041

ImageIO in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 and iTunes before 9.1 on Windows does not ensure that memory access is associated with initialized memory, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted BMP image.

Published: 2010-03-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0041 is rated Moderate Risk (43.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0041

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-19 1.26% 1.19% -0.07%
2 2025-03-17 0.61% 1.26% +0.65%
3 2025-02-16 — 0.61% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0041

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0041

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-0041

Comment: Per: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html ImageIO CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0041 Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the website Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in ImageIO's handling of BMP images. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the website. This issue is addressed through improved memory handling and additional validation of BMP images. Credit to Matthew 'j00ru' Jurczyk of Hispasec for reporting this issue.

Solution: Per: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html 'Safari 4.0.5 is available via the Apple Software Update application, or Apple's Safari download site at: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0041

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari <= 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 4.0.0b cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0041

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