Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause address bar spoofing, arbitrary code execution and unexpect ross-origin behaviour on the targeted system,” it said. “A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by persuading a victim to visit maliciously crafted web content. These vulnerabilities exist in Apple Safari and WebKit for macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina due to buffer overflow, use-after-free, memory corruption and logic issue within the WebKit component.
“Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari and WebKit for macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina which could be exploited by an attacker to cause address bar spoofing, arbitrary code execution and unexpected cross-origin behaviour on the targeted system,” it said. It also issued warnings for Apple Safari versions prior to Safari 15.4 for macOS. Maciej Stachowiak, Apple’s head of WebKit, has confirmed on Twitter that Safari in iOS 14.5 users a copy of Google’s Safe Browsing database that’s hosted on.
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The security agency suggested that users upgrade to Google Chrome version. Safari in iOS and iPadOS 14.5 further limits the risk of information leak by proxying safe-browsing services via Apple servers to prevents user data from being returned to Google. The successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, or cause a denial of service condition on the targeted system, it added. It flags websites that are known to be malicious in nature. These vulnerabilities exist in Google Chrome in Blink Layout, Extensions, Safe Browsing, Splitscreen, ANGLE, New Tab Page, Browser UI and Heap buffer overflow in GPU, as per the warning. or the Safari Safe Browsing is a security feature that protects your privacy and safeguards your data when browsing the internet. The CERT-In’s warning said that “multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service condition on the targeted system.”