CVE-2005-2594 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Apple Safari on Mac OS X by sending malicious JavaScript, requiring user interaction to visit a crafted 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-2005-2594?
CVE-2005-2594 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 17 Aug 2005. 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
Apple Safari 1.3 (132) on Mac OS X 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain Javascript, possibly involving a function that defines a handler for itself within the function body.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2594?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2594?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2594 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-2005-2594 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2594 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wmvj-4fqf-j6f3.