Apple Safari 3.2 WebKit.dll resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari 3.2 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library WebKit.dll. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-5821. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari 3.2 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code in the library WebKit.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used by Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and browser crash) via a long ALINK attribute in a BODY element in an HTML document.

The bug was discovered 12/31/2008. The weakness was released 01/02/2009 by Jeremy Brown with Brown (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5821 since 01/02/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116110 (Apple Safari Webkit "alink" Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability - Zero Day).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47724), Exploit-DB (32694), SecurityFocus (BID 33080†), OSVDB (53308†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20487†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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OpenVAS ID: 800100
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari WebKit Property Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Jeremy Brown
Organization: Brown
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5821 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5821
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45756
X-Force: 47724
SecurityFocus: 33080 - Apple Safari WebKit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 53308 - Apple - Safari - Webkit 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20487 - Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1 WebKit BODY element Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 02/19/2025 09:14
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (70), 08/23/2019 18:05 (4), 02/19/2025 09:14 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:21A:103

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