CVE-2010-1939

Exp

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.

Published: 2010-05-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1939 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 64.86%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +14.14% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1939

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
12614 exploit_db edb 2010-05-15 Exploit-DB ↗
12573 exploit_db edb 2010-05-11 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1939

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 2026-01-16 50.72% 64.86% +14.14%
2 2025-05-06 62.61% 50.72% -11.89%
3 2025-03-30 62.61%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1939

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1939

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-1939

Comment: CWE-416 'Use After Free' http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1939

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1939

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