CVE-2010-1401
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.087 · 95 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving the :first-letter pseudo-element.
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affected products (9)
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references (46)
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40105enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40196enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41856enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068enisa_euvd
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