CVE-2010-1770
published 2010-06-11CVE-2010-1770: WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Apple Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does…
PriorityP340critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
4.76%
90.9th percentile
WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Apple Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle a transformation of a text node that has the IBM1147 character set, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document containing a BR element, related to a "type checking issue."
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | safari | <= 4.0.5 | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| chrome | < 5.0.375.70 | 5.0.375.70 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | — | — |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_redhat9.3CRITICAL
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Red Hat
WebKit: type checking vulnerability in handling of text nodes (ZDI-CAN-765)
vendor_redhat·2010-06-07·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2010-1770 [CRITICAL] WebKit: type checking vulnerability in handling of text nodes (ZDI-CAN-765)
WebKit: type checking vulnerability in handling of text nodes (ZDI-CAN-765)
WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Apple Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle a transformation of a text node that has the IBM1147 character set, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document containing a BR element, related to a "type checking issue."
Package: qt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: webkitgtk (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
GHSA
GHSA-r7q2-qf8r-5h57: WebKit in Apple Safari before 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2010-1770 [HIGH] CWE-94 GHSA-r7q2-qf8r-5h57: WebKit in Apple Safari before 5
WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, Apple Safari before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, and Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle a transformation of a text node that has the IBM1147 character set, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document containing a BR element, related to a "type checking issue."
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
Please update to webkitgtk-1.2.3
bugzilla·2010-07-18·CVSS 10.0
[CRITICAL] Please update to webkitgtk-1.2.3
Please update to webkitgtk-1.2.3
Description of problem:
New version in the stable series of webkitgtk is available.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
webkitgtk-1.2.0-1.fc12.i686
From the announcement [1]:
"Some of you may have noticed WebKitGTK+ 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 have been uploaded recently. Here’s their announcement =). A quick summary: if you’re running the 1.2.x series upgrade to 1.2.3."
According the announcement It should fix one annoying bug with dragging current build is affected with.
It also includes fixes to various CVEs some of which might be also present in current fedora release. Full list of them is in NEWS file [2].
According to the NEWS it also is API/ABI compatible with current fedora release, so no incompatibility problems should arise fro
Bugzilla
update webkitgtk to 1.2.3
bugzilla·2010-07-16·CVSS 10.0
[CRITICAL] update webkitgtk to 1.2.3
update webkitgtk to 1.2.3
Description of problem:
A new version has been released by upstream so we may rebase to it. See http://www.webkitgtk.org/?page=download
Discussion:
From the NEWS file:
What's new in WebKitGTK+ 1.2.3?
- New stable release, API and ABI compatible with previous 1.2.x
versions;
- Includes a fix to build WebKit with ICU 4.4.1
- The patches to fix the following CVEs are included, thanks to the
work done by Michael Gilbert for the
Debian security team:
CVE-2010-1386 CVE-2010-1392 CVE-2010-1405 CVE-2010-1407
CVE-2010-1416 CVE-2010-1417 CVE-2010-1665 CVE-2010-1418
CVE-2010-1421 CVE-2010-1422 CVE-2010-1501 CVE-2010-1767
CVE-2010-1664 CVE-2010-1758 CVE-2010-1759 CVE-2010-1760
CVE-2010-1761 CVE-2010-1762 CVE-2010-1770 CVE-2010-1771
CVE-2010-1772 CVE-2010-1773 CVE-2010-
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1770 WebKit: type checking vulnerability in handling of text nodes (ZDI-CAN-765)
bugzilla·2010-05-26·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2010-1770 [CRITICAL] CVE-2010-1770 WebKit: type checking vulnerability in handling of text nodes (ZDI-CAN-765)
CVE-2010-1770 WebKit: type checking vulnerability in handling of text nodes (ZDI-CAN-765)
A type checking issue exists in WebKit's handling of text nodes. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved type checking.
References:
Bugzilla: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38626
Trac: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59795
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for responsibly reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges wushi of team509, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, as the original reporter.
Discussion:
Public via:
[1] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43487http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Sep/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40072http://secunia.com/advisories/40105http://secunia.com/advisories/40196http://secunia.com/advisories/41856http://secunia.com/advisories/42314http://secunia.com/advisories/43068http://securitytracker.com/id?1024067http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40620http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1373http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1512http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-093/https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7099http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43487http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Sep/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40072http://secunia.com/advisories/40105http://secunia.com/advisories/40196http://secunia.com/advisories/41856http://secunia.com/advisories/42314http://secunia.com/advisories/43068http://securitytracker.com/id?1024067http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40620http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1373http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1512http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-093/https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7099
2010-06-11
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