WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
secunia.com/advisories/42109
secunia.com/advisories/43086
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12157