CVE-2010-0925 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Apple Safari on Windows by sending a long string in an IMG or IFRAME SRC attribute, requiring user interaction to visit 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-2010-0925?
CVE-2010-0925 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 4.0.4 on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the SRC attribute of a (1) IMG or (2) IFRAME element.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0925?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0925?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0925 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-2010-0925 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0925 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h686-wf4f-g3q9.