CVE-2012-3679

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2012-07-25-1.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 5.1.7; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2 (+82)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

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