Summary
This host is running Apple Safari web browser and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause browser crash.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one..
Insight
Browser fails to adequately sanitize user supplied input in URI feeds.
Hence when certain characters are passed at the begining of the URI, the NULL Pointer Dereference bug occurs, using '%', '{', '}', '`', '^', pipe and '&' characters.
Affected
Apple Safari version 4 beta and prior on Windows.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0744 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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