55587 : Apple Safari WebKit servePendingRequests() Function Use-After-Free DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-07-01

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2419" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Use-after-free vulnerability in the servePendingRequests function in WebCore in WebKit in Apple Safari 4.0 and 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that references a zero-length .js file and the JavaScript reload function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-2419 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 33495 43068
Bugtraq ID: 35555
ISS X-Force ID: 51533
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/44519
Other Advisory URL: http://marcell-dietl.de/index/adv_safari_4_x_js_reload_dos.php
Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com/safari/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-07-09 | Disagree?

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