National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0048
Original release date:03/15/2010
Last revised:03/18/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.
Description
Per: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0048
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11,
Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8,
Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 or later,
Windows 7, Vista, XP
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A use-after-free issue exists in WebKit's parsing of
XML documents. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This
issue is addressed through improved memory reference tracking.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0552
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0212
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-2722
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-1006-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1023708
External Source: BID
Name: 38671
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2011:039
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43068
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 41856
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7135
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2010-8423
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2010-8379
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2010-8360
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2010-03-11-1
Type: Advisory
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7135
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)