CVE-2005-4504
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
The khtml::RenderTableSection::ensureRows function in KHTMLParser in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 and earlier, as used by Safari and TextEdit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via HTML files with a large ROWSPAN attribute in a TD tag.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
- http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819
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