About the security content of Safari 10.1
This document describes the security content of Safari 10.1.
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Safari 10.1
CoreGraphics
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-2444: Mei Wang of 360 GearTeam
JavaScriptCore
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2017-2491: Apple
JavaScriptCore
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted web page may lead to universal cross site scripting
Description: A prototype issue was addressed through improved logic.
CVE-2017-2492: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
Safari
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: A state management issue was addressed by disabling text input until the destination page loads.
CVE-2017-2376: an anonymous researcher, Chris Hlady of Google Inc, Yuyang Zhou of Tencent Security Platform Department (security.tencent.com), Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd., Michal Zalewski of Google Inc, an anonymous researcher
Safari
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may present authentication sheets over arbitrary web sites
Description: A spoofing and denial-of-service issue existed in the handling of HTTP authentication. This issue was addressed through making HTTP authentication sheets non-modal.
CVE-2017-2389: ShenYeYinJiu of Tencent Security Response Center, TSRC
Safari
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Visiting a malicious website by clicking a link may lead to user interface spoofing
Description: A spoofing issue existed in the handling of FaceTime prompts. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-2453: xisigr of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
Safari Login AutoFill
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: A local user may be able to access locked keychain items
Description: A keychain handling issue was addressed through improved keychain item management.
CVE-2017-2385: Simon Woodside of MedStack
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Dragging and dropping a maliciously crafted link may lead to bookmark spoofing or arbitrary code execution
Description: A validation issue existed in bookmark creation. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-2378: xisigr of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: A prototype access issue was addressed through improved exception handling.
CVE-2017-2386: André Bargull
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-2394: Apple
CVE-2017-2396: Apple
CVE-2016-9642: Gustavo Grieco
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-2395: Apple
CVE-2017-2454: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero, Zheng Huang of the Baidu Security Lab working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2017-2455: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2459: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2460: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2464: Jeonghoon Shin, natashenka of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2465: Zheng Huang and Wei Yuan of Baidu Security Lab
CVE-2017-2466: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2468: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2469: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2470: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2476: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2481: 0011 working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-2415: Kai Kang of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tentcent.com)
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to unexpectedly unenforced Content Security Policy
Description: An access issue existed in Content Security Policy. This issue was addressed through improved access restrictions.
CVE-2017-2419: Nicolai Grødum of Cisco Systems
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to high memory consumption
Description: An uncontrolled resource consumption issue was addressed through improved regex processing.
CVE-2016-9643: Gustavo Grieco
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An information disclosure issue existed in the processing of OpenGL shaders. This issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2017-2424: Paul Thomson (using the GLFuzz tool) of the Multicore Programming Group, Imperial College London
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-2433: Apple
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: Multiple validation issues existed in the handling of page loading. This issue was addressed through improved logic.
CVE-2017-2364: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: A malicious website may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of page loading. This issue was addressed through improved logic.
CVE-2017-2367: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting
Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of frame objects. This issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2017-2445: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of strict mode functions. This issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2017-2446: natashenka of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may compromise user information
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-2447: natashenka of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-2463: Kai Kang (4B5F5F4B) of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2017-2471: Ivan Fratric of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting
Description: A logic issue existed in frame handling. This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2017-2475: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: A validation issue existed in element handling. This issue was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2017-2479: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: A validation issue existed in element handling. This issue was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2017-2480: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
CVE-2017-2493: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2017-2486: an anonymous researcher
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-2392: Max Bazaliy of Lookout
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-2457: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-7071: Kai Kang (4B5F5F4B) of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
WebKit JavaScript Bindings
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may exfiltrate data cross-origin
Description: Multiple validation issues existed in the handling of page loading. This issue was addressed through improved logic.
CVE-2017-2442: lokihardt of Google Project Zero
WebKit Web Inspector
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Closing a window while paused in the debugger may lead to unexpected application termination
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-2377: Vicki Pfau
WebKit Web Inspector
Available for: OS X Yosemite v10.10.5, OS X El Capitan v10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2017-2405: Apple
Additional recognition
Safari
We would like to acknowledge Flyin9 (ZhenHui Lee) for their assistance.
Webkit
We would like to acknowledge Yosuke HASEGAWA of Secure Sky Technology Inc. for their assistance.
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