PT-2010-3424 · Apple · Webkit+2

Published 2010-07-30 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2010-1789

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 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows Apple Safari versions prior to 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a JavaScript string object. This is due to a heap-based buffer overflow in WebKit.

Recommendations For Apple Safari versions prior to 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, update to version 5.0.1 or later. For Apple Safari versions prior to 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, update to version 4.1.1 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1789

Affected Products

Macos X

Safari

Webkit

References · 12

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jul/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/42020 · Patch
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1789 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11524 · Note