84212 : WebKit Website Handling Unspecified Memory Corruption (2012-0683)
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-07-25

Description

A memory corruption flaw exists in WebKit, as it fails to sanitize unspecified user-supplied input. With a specially crafted web page, a context-dependent attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Third-Party Solution
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

OSVDB is not currently aware of a solution for this vulnerability.

Upgrade to Apple Safari version 6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Inc.

Safari

5.1.7

References

Security Tracker: 1027307
CVE ID: 2012-0683 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 50058 50586 50618 50728
Related OSVDB ID: 84139 84140 84141 84142 84143 84144 84145 84146 84147 84148 84149 84150 84151 84152 84153 84154 84155 84156 84157 84158 84159 84160 84161 84162 84163 84164 84165 84166 84167 84168 84169 84170 84171 84172 84173 84174 84175 84176 84177 84178 84179 84180 84181 84182 84183 84184 84185 84186 84187 84188 84189 84190 84191 84192 84193 84194 84195 84196 84197 84198 84199 84200 84201 84202 84203 84204 84205 84206 84207 84208 84209 84210 84211 84213 84214
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5504

Credit

Dave Mandelin - Mozilla Corporation

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-07-26 | Disagree?

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