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>> Apple Safari for Mac OS X Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Title : Apple Safari for Mac OS X Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1980
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2307
CWE ID : CWE-19
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-01


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A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Safari for Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in WebKit when handling malformed JavaScript arrays, which could be exploited to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Affected Products

Apple Safari for Mac OS X versions prior to 3.1.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.1.2 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/safari312fortiger.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1980
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2165

Credits

Vulnerability reported by James Urquhart.

ChangeLog

2008-07-01 : Initial release

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