Description: Kevin Finisterre has reported a vulnerability in OmniWeb, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error when handling the "alert()" Javascript function and may allow execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted web page.
The vulnerability is reported in version 5.5.1 (v607.5) running on Mac OS X 10.4.8. Prior versions may also be affected.
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