Denial of service vulnerability in Webkit in Apple Safari via a crafted HTML document (Mac OS X)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:3695 | Date: (C)2012-01-07 (M)2023-11-18 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
The host is installed with Apple Safari before 5.0.1 or 4.1.1 and is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to prevent access of uninitialized memory during processing of the (1) :first-letter and (2) :first-line pseudo-elements in an SVG text element. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash the service.
Platform: |
Apple Mac OS X 10.8 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.9 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.10 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.8 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.9 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.10 |