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Credit:
The information has been provided by wushi.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-141/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Apple Safari
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 within Webkit's layout implementation of an particular tag used for embedding a foreign document into the SVG namespace. Later when the application attempts to calculate layout information for rendering the contents of the tag, the application will attempt to access a linebox that was previously destroyed. Successful exploitation 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/HT4276
CVE Information:
CVE-2010-1786
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-05-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-08-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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