CVE-2011-1290

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2011-1290 · Published 11/03/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-1290 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting blackberry torch 9800 firmware (rim).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.8%, higher than 95.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
blackberry torch 9800 firmware rim	`= 6.0.0.246`	No fix yet

Description

Integer overflow in WebKit, as used on the Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Torch 9800 with firmware 6.0.0.246, in Google Chrome before 10.0.648.133, and in Apple Safari before 5.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to CSS "style handling," nodesets, and a length value, as demonstrated by Vincenzo Iozzo, Willem Pinckaers, and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011.

References

dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/02/pwn2own-2011
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Apr/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Apr/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Apr/msg00002.html
osvdb.org/71182
secunia.com/advisories/43735 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/43748 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/43782 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/44151 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/44154 · Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT4596
support.apple.com/kb/HT4607

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