PT-2010-5096 · Microsoft+3 · Windows+4

Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala · Published 2010-11-20 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2010-3812

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 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows Apple Safari versions prior to 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4 webkitgtk versions prior to 1.2.6

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the Text::wholeText method in WebKit, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved via vectors involving Text objects.

Recommendations For Apple Safari versions prior to 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, update to version 5.0.3 or later. For Apple Safari versions prior to 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4, update to version 4.1.3 or later. For webkitgtk versions prior to 1.2.6, update to version 1.2.6 or later.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3812

RHSA-2011:0177

RHSA-2011_0177

USN-1195-1

ZDI-10-257

Affected Products

Macos X

Red Hat

Safari

Windows

Webkitgtk

References · 65

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3812 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3812 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1195-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-257 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3812 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0177.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 · Note