CVE-2010-2973
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.9)—💥 Exploit
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 6.9
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.78%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 55
- Score date: 10/16/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · Apple iOS - '.pdf' Local Privilege Escalation 'Jailbreak' (8/3/2010)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-264
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/66827
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40807
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/66827
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40807
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151
Raw JSON (NVD)
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