CVE-2010-2973

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Integer overflow in IOSurface in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch, and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving IOSurface properties, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe.

Published: 2010-08-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2973 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.78%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2010-2973

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
14538 exploit_db edb 2010-08-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2973

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 2026-06-15 0.14% 0.78% +0.65%
2 2025-08-10 0.29% 0.14% -0.16%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2973

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2973

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-2973

Impact: Per: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/60856 'Platforms Affected: * Apple iPhone OS 4.0 iPodtouch * Apple iPhone OS 4.0 * Apple iPhone OS 4.0.1 iPodtouch * Apple iPhone OS 4.0.1 ' Per: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151/discuss 'versions 4.0.1 and prior are vulnerable.'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2973

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple iphone_os 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.1:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:-:ipodtouch:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0.1:-:ipodtouch:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2973

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