>> Apple Safari DHTML "setAttributeNode" Method Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Apple Safari DHTML "setAttributeNode" Method Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2671 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3372
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-07-05
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Safari, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a NULL pointer dereference error when handling a specially crafted DHTML "setAttributeNode()" method, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable browser by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.
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