CVE-2008-2317

Summary

WebCore in Apple Safari does not properly perform garbage collection of JavaScript document elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via a reference to the ownerNode property of a copied CSSStyleSheet object of a STYLE element, as originally demonstrated on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1590.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494777/100/0/threaded
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-045/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43737
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31074

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494777/100/0/threaded
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-045/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43737
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31074

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