Apple Safari denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser) (unknown version). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apple Safari allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

The weakness was disclosed 04/22/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2163 since 04/22/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/17/2017).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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10/17/2017 +949 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2163 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 10/17/2017 12:00
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (45), 10/17/2017 12:00 (1)
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