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Credit:
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-097/
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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 within the setOuterText method of the Webkit htmlelement library. Due to a failure to properly track DOM manipulations made within the browser, it is possible to make use of a previously freed pointer and facilitate remote code execution under the context of the user running the browser process.
Patch Availability:
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
CVE Information:
CVE-2011-0116
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-12-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-03-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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