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
Published Dec 22, 2005
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.91%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.3
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- ≤ 1.4
Configuration 2
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 10.1
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.1.3
- 10.1.4
- 10.1.5
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- 10.3.9
- 10.4
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.1.3
- 10.1.4
- 10.1.5
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- 10.3.9
- 10.4
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.91% (0.11912) | 95.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.91% (0.11912) | 95.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 36.80% (0.36798) | 97.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 4, 2025 | 21.77% (0.21773) | 95.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 18.24% (0.18240) | 94.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 24.96% (0.24959) | 93.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 18.24% (0.18240) | 94.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 37.68% (0.37683) | 97.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2024 | 12.32% (0.12323) | 95.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 11.00% (0.11005) | 95.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 12.31% (0.12312) | 94.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 8.08% (0.08081) | 93.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.22% (0.06216) | 92.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://docs.info.apple.com/jarticle.html?artnum=303382-en x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18220 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19064 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/351217 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16045 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3058 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23819 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.