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CVE-2005-4504
The khtml::RenderTableSection::ensureRows function in KHTMLParser in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 and earlier, as used by Safari and TextEdit,…
High7.8EPSS 11.9%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.9% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- 18220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- macos-khtmlparser-dos(23819) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2005-3058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16907 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 16045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-03-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- VU#351217 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA06-062A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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