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Credit:
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-099/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Apple WebKit
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists with how WebKit inserts error messages into documents utilizing the SVG namespace. Upon a parsing error the library will attempt to access an element before repairing the XML. This will cause the library to access uninitialized memory which can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
Patch Availability:
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
CVE Information:
CVE-2010-1403
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-02-23 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-06-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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