CVE-2009-0153

Description

International Components for Unicode (ICU) 4.0, 3.6, and other 3.x versions, as used in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Fedora 9 and 10, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly handle invalid byte sequences during Unicode conversion, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.39% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 patch vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1122.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50488 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34974 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html patch vendor advisory
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/5691
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00336.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35498 third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/35584 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503071
http://secunia.com/advisories/35436 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00478.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11366 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0153?
CVE-2009-0153 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0153?
To fix CVE-2009-0153, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-0153 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-0153 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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