Apple patches 62 bugs in massive Safari update

Apple today patched a record 62 vulnerabilities in Safari 5, updating the Mac and Windows browser to version 5.0.4. Wednesday's Safari security update was released at the same time as iOS 4.3, which fixed many of the same flaws.

But Apple's update missed the cut-off for the Pwn2Own contest, which starts today and pits researchers against four browsers -- including Safari, Google's Chrome, Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox -- as the hackers vie for $65,000 in cash prizes.

All but six of the 62 vulnerabilities patched today were accompanied by the phrase "arbitrary code execution," Apple-speak for rating the flaws as "critical."
Unlike other browser makers, including Google, Microsoft and Mozilla, Apple doesn't assign severity rankings to vulnerabilities.