CVE-2009-1701

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.72% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 vdb entry exploit
http://osvdb.org/55008 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 patch vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504172/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-033/ patch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35325 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1701?
CVE-2009-1701 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1701?
To fix CVE-2009-1701, 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-2009-1701 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1701 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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