CVE-2011-1344 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via a use-after-free flaw in WebKit triggered by manipulating WBR tags, 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-2011-1344?
CVE-2011-1344 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 10 Mar 2011. 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
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.5; iOS before 4.3.2 for iPhone, iPod, and iPad; iOS before 4.2.7 for iPhone 4 (CDMA); and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by adding children to a WBR tag and then removing the tag, related to text nodes, as demonstrated by Chaouki Bekrar during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1344?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1344?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1344 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2011-1344 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1344 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x46j-m9hq-6vwm, UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1344.