The HTMLMediaElement::loadResource function in html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r49480, as used in Apple Safari…

Description

The HTMLMediaElement::loadResource function in html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r49480, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0.4 on Mac OS X, does not perform the expected callbacks for HTML 5 media elements that have external URLs for media resources, which allows remote attackers to trigger sub-resource requests to arbitrary web sites via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a media element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality, aka rdar problem 7271202.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• MDVSA-2011:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-11020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1801 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-1006-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-11-11-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3217 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 41856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525791 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40557 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1023167 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-02-02-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 36996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-11011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/49480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/apple-patches-critical-safari-vulnerabilities-111109 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 59941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• safari-5media-security-bypass(54242) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37346 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• 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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 06:07 UTC.