Threat Center Security News Apple Safari for Mac OS X Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Apple Safari for Mac OS X Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Tuesday, 01 July 2008 05:53

A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Safari for Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in WebKit when handling malformed JavaScript arrays, which could be exploited to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

 

Vulnerability reported by James Urquhart.
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1980

More info to come.

 

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