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CVE-2010-0538 Details

Description

Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 7 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 before Update 2 do not properly handle mediaLibImage objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted applet, related to the com.sun.medialib.mlib package.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39819	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024011	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4170	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4171	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40238	CVE	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1191	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39819	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024011	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4170	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4171	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40238	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1191	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple java	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apple:java:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x	10.5 10.5.0 10.5.1 10.5.2 10.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 24, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]