Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple Safari up to 4.0.5. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2010-1771. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown functionality. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving fonts.

The weakness was released 06/11/2010 by Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint) with Context Information Security (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-1771. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/30/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47751 (FreeBSD : webkit-gtk2 -- Multiple vulnerabilities (19419b3b-92bd-11df-b140-0015f2db7bde)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165213 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:015)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10148.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (59214), Tenable (47751), SecurityFocus (BID 40620†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26704†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4138, VDB-4177, VDB-53762 and VDB-53588. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 47751
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : webkit-gtk2 -- Multiple vulnerabilities (19419b3b-92bd-11df-b140-0015f2db7bde)
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OpenVAS ID: 67711
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: webkit-gtk2
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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05/06/2010 🔍
06/07/2010 +32 days 🔍
06/11/2010 +4 days 🔍
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08/08/2010 +58 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1684 days 🔍
03/30/2025 +3664 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: USN-1006-1⛔
Researcher: Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint)
Organization: Context Information Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1771 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1771
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53586

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X-Force: 59214
SecurityFocus: 40620 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 5.0 and 4.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40105
Vulnerability Center: 26704 - Apple Safari \x3C 5.0 Use-After-Free Vulnerability Allows Code Execution via Vectors Involving Fonts, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 03/30/2025 04:39
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (59), 03/02/2017 11:00 (11), 09/15/2021 14:51 (6), 09/15/2021 14:56 (1), 03/30/2025 04:39 (16)
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