Unscored severity · published Jun 10, 2009
CVE-2009-1701
Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in 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…
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CVSS
7.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by destroying a document.body element that has an unspecified XML container with elements that support the dir attribute.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
1.0.0; 1.0.1; 1.0.2; 1.1.0; 1.1.1; 1.1.2; +11 more · source: NVD
IT
Ipod Touch · Apple
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SA
Safari · Apple
through 3.2.2; 2.0; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; +23 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1701
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1701
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/55008
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
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