CVE-2010-0924 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 3 Mar 2010 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can crash Apple Safari on Windows by sending a long string in the BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element.

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-2010-0924?

CVE-2010-0924 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 3 Mar 2010. 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

cfnetwork.dll 1.450.5.0 in CFNetwork, as used by safari.exe 531.21.10 in Apple Safari 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0924?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Safari.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0924?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0924 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-2010-0924 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Safari vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4q7x-c564-25jq.