CVE-2004-1199 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Safari via JavaScript causing memory exhaustion, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1199?
CVE-2004-1199 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 15 Dec 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Safari 1.2.4 on Mac OS X 10.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from memory exhaustion), as demonstrated using Javascript code that continuously creates nested arrays and then sorts the newly created arrays.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1199?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1199?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1199 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-1199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3qcw-gv72-ccfg.