WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, does not properly handle…

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, does not properly handle changes to keyboard focus that occur during processing of key press events, which allows remote attackers to force arbitrary key presses via a crafted HTML document.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.0% · 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 4.3.

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
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-09-08-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-1006-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
• APPLE-SA-2010-06-07-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 40196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 40105 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552255 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-06-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7591 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 42314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 40620 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1024067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_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, 01:21 UTC.