Apple Releases Safari 4.0.2 Safari 4.0.2 Available for OS X Leopard, OS X Tiger, and Windows

Apple have just addressed a bunch of stability fixes and security
vulnerabilities in a minor update announced for their Safari 4 browser.
Given that the new Safari 4.0.2 improves on the JavaScript front with a
better Nitro JavaScript engine, and includes the latest compatibility
and security fixes , the update is expected to solve those pesky
crashing problems that we've been dealing with lately.

One of the vulnerabilities was caused by an issue in WebKit's handling
of the parent and top objects, which allowed maliciously crafted
websites to deploy cross-site scripting attacks. Another important bug
was in the WebKit's handling of numeric character reference that caused
memory corruption issues which lead to unexpected application
termination or arbitrary code execution.

These have been taken care of in the new Safari 4.0.2 which is now
available for Mac (OS X Leopard and OS X Tiger) and Windows (either XP
and Vista).