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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2009-1711

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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2009-1711

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/10/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/05/2012
Modified
12/05/2016

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not properly initialize memory for Attr DOM objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Solution(s)

  • apple-safari-upgrade-4_0
  • apple-safari-windows-uninstall

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