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HistoryAug 09, 2010 - 12:00 a.m.

Apple Webkit Anchor Tag Mouse Click Event Dispatch Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2010-08-0900:00:00
wushi of team509
www.zerodayinitiative.com
14

0.068 Low

EPSS

Percentile

93.9%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Safari’s Webkit. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the library’s support for mouse events on a particular element. If a mouse event is dispatched to an element when one of it’s attributes is undefined, the library will dereference a memory pointer pointing to arbitrary data. Usage of this element can then lead to code execution under the context of the application.