Apple iOS 3.1.3 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS 3.1.3. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-1178. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS 3.1.3 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Safari on Apple iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a JavaScript loop that attempts to construct an infinitely long string.

The issue has been introduced in 02/02/2010. The weakness was presented 03/29/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-1178 since 03/29/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 55 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (57993). See VDB-52426, VDB-52425, VDB-52424 and VDB-52422 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/02/2010 🔍
03/29/2010 +54 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1816 days 🔍
05/03/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52423
X-Force: 57993

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 21:14
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (50), 09/13/2018 09:48 (2), 05/03/2026 21:14 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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