Explain CVE-2010-1401
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving the :first-letter pseudo-element.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'MDVSA-2011:039', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220'}, {'name': '20100608 ZDI-10-098: Apple Webkit First-Letter Pseudo-Element Style Remote Code Execution Vulnerability', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511717/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-2722', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722'}, {'name': '43068', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43068'}, {'name': 'USN-1006-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1'}, {'name': '41856', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/41856'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0212', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2010-06-07-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.html'}, {'name': '40196', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/40196'}, {'name': '40105', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/40105'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-1373', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1373'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2010-06-16-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2011:002', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6981', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6981'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-1512', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1512'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-098'}, {'name': '40620', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40620'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0552', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552'}, {'name': '1024067', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1024067'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2010-06-21-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED