Vulnerability Note VU#361043

Apple Safari contains a memory corruption issue in the handling of JavaScript arrays by WebKit

Overview

The Apple Webkit contains a memory corruption vulnerability.This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

I. Description

According to Apple Security Update 2008-004:

A memory corruption issue exists in WebKit's handling of JavaScript arrays. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

This vulnerability may affect any software that uses the Apple WebKit, including the Safari web browser.

Note that this vulnerability is reported to affect software on both the Windows and Apple OS X operating systems.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

III. Solution

Apply Apple Updates
Apple has released an update to address this vulnerability. Refer to Apple Security Update 2008-004 for more information.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Apple Computer, Inc.	Vulnerable	1-Jul-2008

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jun/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2092
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2165
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

Credit

This vulnerability was reported in Apple Security Update 2008-004. Apple credits James Urquhart with reporting this issue.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

Date Public:	2008-06-19
Date First Published:	2008-07-01
Date Last Updated:	2008-07-01
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2008-2307
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2008-2307
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	10.33
Document Revision:	6

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.

Produced 2008 by US-CERT, a government organization
Disclaimers and copyright information

Get Adobe Reader