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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-4504 · published 22 December 2005

CVE-2005-4504: Apple safari vulnerability

Apple · Safari

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.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 12% · top 4.0%
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-4504), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.