National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1789

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a JavaScript string object.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 42020

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42020

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-07-28-1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jul/msg00001.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0212

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-3046

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43068

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42314

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42314

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11524

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11524

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11524

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11524