Apple Safari 5.0.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari 5.0.6. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2011-3438. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari 5.0.6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

WebKit, as used in Safari 5.0.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) or arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 01/28/2016. The weakness was published 04/24/2017 as HT4808 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-3438 since 09/13/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/20/2020).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 452 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-4401, VDB-4694, VDB-58082 and VDB-58080. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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09/13/2011 🔍
01/28/2016 +1598 days 🔍
04/24/2017 +452 days 🔍
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09/20/2020 +1244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4808
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3438 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3438
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100525
OSVDB: - CVE-2011-3438 - WebKit - Memory Corruption Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/25/2017 08:51
Updated: 09/20/2020 16:13
Changes: 04/25/2017 08:51 (60), 09/20/2020 16:13 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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