Bug 596493 (CVE-2010-1387)

Summary:	CVE-2010-1387 WebKit: use-after-free vulnerability in JavaScriptCore during page transitions
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	jreznik, ltinkl, security-response-team, stransky, than
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Description Vincent Danen 2010-05-26 19:59:35 UTC

Description:  A use after free issue exists in JavaScriptCore during page transitions. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved memory management.

References:

Bugzilla: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34321
Trac: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/54129, http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/54141, http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/54265

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting this issue.

Comment 4 Vincent Danen 2010-06-28 17:35:25 UTC

This is being made public now, we've been given the go-ahead from upstream to do so.