vendor:
Safari
by:
Alessio Dalla Piazza
7,8
CVSS
HIGH
Stack Overflow
119
CWE
Product Name: Safari
Affected Version From: 5.02
Affected Version To: 5.02
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: apple:safari
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows XP SP3 EN
2010
Safari 5.02 stack overflow [dos]
A stack overflow vulnerability exists in Safari 5.02 which can be exploited to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a specially crafted HTML page. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. embedding a long string in the document.body.innerHTML property.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to the latest version of Safari.