Bug 596493 (CVE-2010-1387) - CVE-2010-1387 WebKit: use-after-free vulnerability in JavaScriptCore during page transitions
Summary: CVE-2010-1387 WebKit: use-after-free vulnerability in JavaScriptCore during p...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2010-1387
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2010-05-26 19:59 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2023-05-11 14:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-04-11 21:45:53 UTC
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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.
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