CVE-2005-4504

N/A Unknown
Published: December 22, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/18220
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18220
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
36.8%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

apple