Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via HTML elements with right-to-left (RTL) text directionality.
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
- WebKit 1.2.x - Right-to-Left Displayed Text Handling Memory Corruption EDB-33752 · remote · Mar 11, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- MDVSA-2011:039 vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2010-03-11-1 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-2722 vdb-entry
- 43068 third-party-advisory
- USN-1006-1 vendor-advisory
- 1023708 vdb-entry
- 41856 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0212 vdb-entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
- FEDORA-2010-8360 vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6810 vdb-entry signature
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0552 vdb-entry
- 20100311 Multiple Vendor WebKit HTML Element Use After Free Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2010-8379 vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1 vendor-advisory
- 38671 vdb-entry
- 62942 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2010-8423 vendor-advisory