CVE-2009-2841
The HTMLMediaElement::loadResource function in html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r49480, as used in Apple Safari…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The HTMLMediaElement::loadResource function in html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r49480, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0.4 on Mac OS X, does not perform the expected callbacks for HTML 5 media elements that have external URLs for media resources, which allows remote attackers to trigger sub-resource requests to arbitrary web sites via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a media element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality, aka rdar problem 7271202.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
25
- MDVSA-2011:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-11020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1801 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-1006-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-11-11-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3217 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 41856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525791 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40557 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1023167 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-02-02-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 36996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-11011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/49480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/apple-patches-critical-safari-vulnerabilities-111109 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 59941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- safari-5media-security-bypass(54242) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37346 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2009-2831 (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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