Description
The khtml::RenderTableSection::ensureRows function in KHTMLParser in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 and earlier, as used by Safari and TextEdit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via HTML files with a large ROWSPAN attribute in a TD tag.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Mac OSX - KHTMLParser Remote Denial of Service EDB-26971 · dos · Dec 22, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 18220 third-party-advisory
- macos-khtmlparser-dos(23819) vdb-entry
- ADV-2005-3058 vdb-entry
- 19064 third-party-advisory
- 16907 vdb-entry
- http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt
- ADV-2006-0791 vdb-entry
- 16045 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2006-03-01 vendor-advisory
- VU#351217 third-party-advisory
- TA06-062A third-party-advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en