Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Element::normalizeAttributes function in dom/Element.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to handlers for DOM mutation events, aka rdar problem 7948784. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-1759.
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 Normalize Bug - Android 2.2 EDB-18446 · remote · Feb 1, 2012
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 43068 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0212 vdb-entry
- 40072 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11357 vdb-entry signature
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 vendor-advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43315
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html