CVE-2010-1415

Public Date:
2010-06-07
Bugzilla:
596460: CVE-2010-1415 WebKit: API abuse vulnerability in handling of libxml contexts

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, does not properly handle libxml contexts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted HTML document, related to an "API abuse issue."

Find out more about CVE-2010-1415 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Aki Helin of OUSPG as the original reporter.

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