CVE-2010-3813: apple safari
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-3813 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in apple safari. EPSS estimates a 2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 20-11-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function in WebCore/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other products does not verify whether DNS prefetching is enabled when processing an HTML LINK element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a LINK element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.29 pp
From 1.84% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Apple1 product
- safari≤ 5.0.2 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | ≤ 4.1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0:beta | 1.0:beta2 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.0b1 | 1.0.0b2 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.3:85.8 | 1.0.3:85.8.1 | 1.1 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.3 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.2:312.5 | 1.3.2:312.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3:417.8 | 2.0.3:417.9 | 2.0.3:417.9.2 | 2.0.3:417.9.3 | 2.0.4 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.0b | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1b | 3.0.2 | 3.0.2b | 3.0.3 | 3.0.3b | 3.0.4 | 3.0.4b | 3.1.0 | 3.1.0b | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 4.1 | 4.1.1
Ubuntu1 product
- qtwebkit-sourceAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products
References
22 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024X Refsource CONFIRM
- trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622X Refsource MISC
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12293VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
Show all 22 references
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4456X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500X Refsource MISC