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zdiZheng Huang of the Baidu Security LabZDI-16-631
HistoryDec 13, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Apple Safari RenderObject Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2016-12-1300:00:00
Zheng Huang of the Baidu Security Lab
www.zerodayinitiative.com
32

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.6%

This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Safari. 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 handling of RenderObject objects. By performing actions in JavaScript an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.