Bug 596386 (CVE-2010-1119)

Summary:	CVE-2010-1119 WebKit: use-after-free vulnerability in handling of attribute manipulation
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jgrulich, jlieskov, jreznik, security-response-team, stransky, than
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Description Vincent Danen 2010-05-26 17:17:19 UTC

A use after free issue exists in WebKit's handling of attribute manipulation. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory reference tracking.
References:

Bugzilla: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33850
Trac: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/53501, http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/53504

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Ralf Philipp Weinmann working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as the original reporter.

Comment 6 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-06-08 16:27:24 UTC

Public via:
  [1] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196