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CVE-2009-1698
WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not initialize a…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 8.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 days later
· 21 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)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% 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
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- USN-822-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
- MDVSA-2009:330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 35588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-032/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1022345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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
- 20090608 ZDI-09-032: Apple WebKit attr() Invalid Attribute Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20090614 [TZO-37-2009] Apple Safari <v4 Remote code execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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
- RHSA-2009:1128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 35379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9484 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
- 36057 (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/HT3613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-836-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 35318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/05/advisory-apple-safari-remote-code.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-2009-1693 (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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