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CVE-2014-4459 (GCVE-0-2014-4459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-18 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:20
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple OS X before 10.10.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted page objects in an HTML document.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2014-11-17 00:00
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