CVE-2010-2973

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2973
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-05 18:17:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-09 13:49:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Apple Ipad All All All All
Hardware Apple Ipad All All All All
Hardware Apple Iphone All All All All
Hardware Apple Iphone All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.1 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.1 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.1 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 4.0.1 - ipodtouch All
Hardware Apple Ipod Touch All All All All
Hardware Apple Ipod Touch All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple iOS for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
About the security content of the iOS 4.0.2 Update for iPhone and iPod touch CONFIRM support.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-1 iOS 4.0.2 Update for iPhone and iPod touch APPLE lists.apple.com
About the security content of the iOS 3.2.2 Update for iPad CONFIRM support.apple.com
Apple iOS pdf Jailbreak Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit
APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-2 iOS 3.2.2 Update for iPad APPLE lists.apple.com
Apple iOS CFF Font Parsing and IOSurface Integer Overflow - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
66827 OSVDB osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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