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zdiWei Yuan of Baidu Security LabZDI-17-822
HistorySep 26, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Apple Safari RenderFlowThread Out-Of-Bounds Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2017-09-2600:00:00
Wei Yuan of Baidu Security Lab
www.zerodayinitiative.com
15

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.9%

This vulnerability allows remote 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 RenderFlowThread elements. By manipulating a document’s elements an attacker can trigger a memory access past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.