BID:14868

Apple Safari Data URI Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Info

Apple Safari Data URI Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14868
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 17 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 17 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovery is credited to Jonathan Rockway.
Vulnerable:	Apple Safari 2.0.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4 Apple Safari 1.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 Apple Safari 1.2.3 Apple Safari 1.2.2 Apple Safari 1.2.1 Apple Safari 1.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2 Apple Safari 1.1 Apple Safari 1.0 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2 Apple Mobile Safari 0 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4 + Apple Mac OS X 10.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4 + Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4

Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apple Safari Data URI Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Apple Safari is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability. This issue is exposed when the browser opens specific 'data:' URIs, causing the browser to crash.

Though unconfirmed, this vulnerability could be exploitable to execute arbitrary code.

Exploit / POC

Apple Safari Data URI Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The following example URIs were provided as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the browser crash:

data://<h1>crash</h1>
data://<h>/<

Solution / Fix

Apple Safari Data URI Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Apple Safari Data URI Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References:

Safari Homepage (Apple)
Possible memory corruption problems in Apple Safari (Jonathan Rockway )