Bug 596479 (CVE-2010-1758)

Summary:	CVE-2010-1758 WebKit: use-after-free vulnerability in handling of DOM Range objects
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 19:40:38 UTC

A use after free issue exists in WebKit's handling of DOM Range objects. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of DOM Range objects.

References:

Bugzilla: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28697
Trac: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59098

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Yaar Schnitman of Google Inc. as the original reporter.

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-06-08 16:50:28 UTC

Public via:
  [1] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT419