CVE-2008-2317

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43737

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-045/

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494777/100/0/threaded

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298

http://secunia.com/advisories/32706

http://secunia.com/advisories/31074

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3