PT-2010-1873 · Apple · Webkit+1

Published 2010-03-12 · Updated 2024-10-15 · CVE-2010-0048

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Safari versions prior to 4.0.5

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved via a crafted XML document.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0.5, update to version 4.0.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted XML documents in Apple Safari until the update is applied.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0048

ZDI-10-146

Affected Products

Safari

Webkit

References · 21

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041432.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0048 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041436.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041383.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-146 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41856 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7135 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225 · Note