Apple Safari up to 2.0.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari up to 2.0.1. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-3018. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 2.0.1 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apple Safari allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted data:// URL.

The weakness was published 09/16/2005 by Jonathan Rockway (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3018 since 09/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22331), Exploit-DB (26271), SecurityFocus (BID 14868†), OSVDB (19569†) and Secunia (SA16875†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/16/2005 🔍
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09/20/2005 +3 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3458 days 🔍
02/10/2025 +3624 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Jonathan Rockway
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26375
X-Force: 22331 - Apple Safari data URI denial of service
SecurityFocus: 14868 - Apple Safari Data URI Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 16875 - Safari "data:" URI Handler Denial of Service Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 19569 - Apple Safari data:// URI Handler Memory Corruption DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 02/10/2025 10:50
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (56), 07/11/2018 04:23 (8), 02/10/2025 10:50 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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