CVE-2005-4504

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-12-22

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)
• Mac Os X Server (Apple)
• Safari (Apple)
• Textedit (Apple)

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