CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
95.2%
Apple Safari WebKit component is vulnerable to buffer overflow. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Safari
Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system.
WebKit
According to Apple:
_WebKit is the open source core of Apple’s Safari web browser. It is available as a framework in Mac OS X for use in your applications. _
More information is available at the WebKit Project website.
The Problem
The Apple Safari WebKit component contains a heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability can be triggered by persuading a user to access a specially crafted web page with Safari.
Considerations
WebKit may be used in other Apple software including, but not limited to Dashboard and Mail.
A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or crash any application using WebKit
Install an update
This issue is correced in Apple Security Update 2006-001.
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Updated: March 03, 2006
Affected
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
See <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382>.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23351217 Feedback>).
Notified: March 06, 2006 Updated: March 06, 2006
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-001. Apple credits Suresec LTD with reporting this issue.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari
CVE IDs: | CVE-2005-4504 |
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Severity Metric: | 17.21 Date Public: |