CVE-2010-1729

Publication date 6 May 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used in Safari.exe 4.531.9.1 in Apple Safari, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript that writes <marquee> sequences in an infinite loop.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
webkit	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored
	9.10 karmic	Ignored
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

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Notes

jdstrand

per Debian, CVE-2010-1729/1730/1731 are the same issue but with different effects. This is the webkit CVE per Debian, dos-only on webkit

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://h.ackack.net/overflow-in-webkit-dll-safari-and-opera.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1729