| CVE ID | CVE-2008-1026 |
| CVSS SCORE | |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
Apple |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
Safari |
| TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION | Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['6031']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com |
| VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Safari. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page. The specific flaw exists in the regular expression compiler (JavaScriptCore/pcre/pcre_compile.cpp) in WebKit. When nesting regular expressions with large repetitions, a heap overflow occurs resulting in a condition allowing the execution of arbitrary code. |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467 |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | Charlie Miller, Jake Honoroff and Mark Daniel |
