7.8
HIGH
CVE-2005-4504
Apple Safari and TextEdit HTML Attribute ROWSPAN DoS
Description

The khtml::RenderTableSection::ensureRows function in KHTMLParser in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 and earlier, as used by Safari and TextEdit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via HTML files with a large ROWSPAN attribute in a TD tag.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 22, 2005, 11:03 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:04 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-4504 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple mac_os_x_server
3 Apple safari
4 Apple textedit
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-4504.

URL Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18220 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18220 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-4504 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-4504 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
    Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18220
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
    Added Reference http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/23819 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-4504 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-4504 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

37.68 }} 25.36%

score

0.97219

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability