CVE-2006-2019 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Safari by sending a TD element with an excessively large rowspan attribute, requiring user interaction to view the 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-2006-2019?
CVE-2006-2019 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 25 Apr 2006. 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 Mac OS X Safari 2.0.3, 1.3.1, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a TD element with a large number in the rowspan attribute.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2019?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2019 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-2006-2019 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2019 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wjv5-g9f8-6544.