CVE-2010-1770

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."

Affected products

• Apple / Safari4.0.5
• Apple / webkit
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux10.04 – 10.04
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux10.04.4 – 10.04.4
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux10.10 – 10.10
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux9.10 – 9.10
• Google / Chrome5.0.375.70
• openSUSE / opensuse11.2 – 11.2
• openSUSE / opensuse11.3 – 11.3
• SUSE / suse_linux_enterprise_desktop10 – 10
• SUSE / suse_linux_enterprise_desktop11 – 11
• SUSE / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server10 – 10
• SUSE / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server11 – 11

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43068
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Sep/msg00002.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-093/
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/41856
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40072
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40196
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40105
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1373
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42314
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1512
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40620
• MISChttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43487
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
• MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1024067
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
• MISChttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7099
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html