Apple Safari up to 5.0.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Safari up to 5.0.5. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2011-0241. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Apple Safari up to 5.0.5 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in ImageIO in Apple Safari before 5.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image with CCITT Group 4 encoding.

The weakness was released 07/21/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-0241 since 12/23/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/15/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59067 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2012-002) (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120219 (Apple Mac OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1)).

Upgrading to version 3.1.0b eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68702), Tenable (59067), SecurityFocus (BID 46458†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32461†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4302, VDB-4694, VDB-4791 and VDB-6338. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 59067
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2012-002) (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 802233
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - July 2011 (Mac OS X)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 3.1.0b

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12/23/2010 🔍
07/20/2011 +209 days 🔍
07/21/2011 +1 days 🔍
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07/31/2011 +10 days 🔍
05/10/2012 +284 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1047 days 🔍
11/15/2021 +2429 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0241 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0241
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58071
X-Force: 68702
SecurityFocus: 46458
Vulnerability Center: 32461 - Apple Safari before 5.0.6 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted TIFF Image, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/15/2021 10:52
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 03/28/2017 23:14 (8), 11/15/2021 10:52 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:E5F:103

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