CVE-2010-3812

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-01-01
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
667022: CVE-2010-3812 webkit: Integer overflow in WebKit's handling of Text objects

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the Text::wholeText method in dom/Text.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving Text objects.

Find out more about CVE-2010-3812 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (webkitgtk) RHSA-2011:0177 2011-01-25

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