CVE-2006-3946
WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML that triggers a "memory management error" in WebKit, possibly due to a buffer…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML that triggers a "memory management error" in WebKit, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as originally reported for the KHTMLParser::popOneBlock function in Apple Safari 2.0.4 using Javascript that changes document.body.innerHTML within a DIV tag.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.30% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- apple/safari · apple/mac os x
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-31-safari-khtmlparserpoponeblock.htmlExploit
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21271Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22187Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016957
- http://www.osvdb.org/27534
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19250Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3069Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28081
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-31-safari-khtmlparserpoponeblock.htmlExploit
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21271Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22187Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016957
- http://www.osvdb.org/27534
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19250Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3069Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28081
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.