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HistoryAug 22, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

WebKit ContentEditable swapInNode Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2012-08-2200:00:00
pa_kt / twitter.com/pa_kt
www.zerodayinitiative.com
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6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.069 Low

EPSS

Percentile

93.9%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the WebKit library. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists when the library attempts to replace a particular element due to an HTML5 ContentEditable command. Due to the library not accommodating for DOM mutation events that can be made to occur, an aggressor can modify the tree out from underneath the library, leading to a type change. This can be used to trigger a use-after-free condition at which point can lead to code execution under the context of the application.

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.069 Low

EPSS

Percentile

93.9%