CVE-2008-2317 (GCVE-0-2008-2317)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2319 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-045/ x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/32706 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-07-11 00:00
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