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CVE-2009-0945
Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, iPhone OS 1.0 through…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 9.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome Stable before 1.0.154.65, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a SVGPathList data structure containing a negative index in the (1) SVGTransformList, (2) SVGStringList, (3) SVGNumberList, (4) SVGPathSegList, (5) SVGPointList, or (6) SVGLengthList SVGList object, which triggers memory corruption.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References41
- USN-822-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 35805 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/05/stable-update-bug-fix.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1022207 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20090519 ZDI-09-022: Apple Safari Malformed SVGList Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35576 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 35056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-022 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 36461 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- safari-webkit-svglist-bo(50477) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- USN-823-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-1950 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 36062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-857-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- TA09-133A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35095 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-6166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-836-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9019 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0942 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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