Overview
The Apple Safari web browser contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Description
Per Apple Security Update 2007-009: A memory corruption issue exists in Safari's handling of feed: URLs. By enticing a user to access a maliciously crafted URL, an attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of feed: URLs and providing an error message in case of an invalid URL. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X 10.5 or later. |
Impact
A remote unauthenticated attacker who can persuade a user to click on a malicious hyperlink may be able to execute arbitrary code. Note that per Apple Security Update 2007-009 this vulnerability only affects versions of Safari shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier. |
Solution
Update Apple has released an update to address this issue. See Apple Security Update 2007-009 for more information on obtaining updates. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Information available in About Security Update 2007-009 was used in this report.
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2007-5859 |
| Severity Metric: | 3.85 |
| Date Public: | 2007-12-18 |
| Date First Published: | 2007-12-18 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2008-01-07 18:45 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 12 |