Bug 596460 – CVE-2010-1415 WebKit: API abuse vulnerability in handling of libxml contexts

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Bug 596460 - (CVE-2010-1415) CVE-2010-1415 WebKit: API abuse vulnerability in handling of libxml contexts

Summary:	CVE-2010-1415 WebKit: API abuse vulnerability in handling of libxml contexts

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2010-1415

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2010-05-26 15:16 EDT by Vincent Danen
Modified:	2015-07-13 13:49 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Description Vincent Danen 2010-05-26 15:16:27 EDT

An API abuse issue exists in WebKit's handling of libxml contexts. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved handling of libxml context objects.

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Bugzilla: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36000
Trac: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/56420

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Aki Helin of OUSPG as the original reporter.

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-06-08 13:06:08 EDT

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

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