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Mac OS X WebKit "KHTMLParser::popOneBlock()" Memory Corruption
Secunia Advisory: SA21271
Release Date: 2006-07-31
Last Update: 2006-09-29
Popularity: 13,261 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Mac OS X, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "KHTMLParser::popOneBlock()" function and can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via a script element in a div element redefining the document body.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed via Safari 2.0.4 (419.3). Other versions may also be affected.

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