Detections
Analytics
CVE-2010-1770
high
Description
WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Apple Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle a transformation of a text node that has the IBM1147 character set, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document containing a BR element, related to a "type checking issue."
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7099
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-093/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1512
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1373
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40620
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024067
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/41856
http://secunia.com/advisories/40196
http://secunia.com/advisories/40105
http://secunia.com/advisories/40072
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Sep/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.html
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html