CVE-2005-4504

Public Exploit

Description

The khtml::RenderTableSection::ensureRows function in KHTMLParser in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 and earlier, as used by Safari and TextEdit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via HTML files with a large ROWSPAN attribute in a TD tag.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 21.77% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory security-protocols.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18220	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907	vdb entry
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt	vendor advisory exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045	vdb entry exploit
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-4504?: CVE-2005-4504 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-4504?: To fix CVE-2005-4504, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-4504 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-4504 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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