CVE-2009-1725

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, and other platforms; KHTML in kdelibs in KDE; QtWebKit (aka Qt toolkit); and possibly other products do not properly handle numeric character references, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 12.20% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002164
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002163
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330 vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html patch vendor advisory
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002162
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35607 vdb entry patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1827 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/55739 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36347 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00933.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022526 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5777 vdb entry signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513813
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00931.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
http://secunia.com/advisories/35758 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1725?
CVE-2009-1725 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1725?
To fix CVE-2009-1725, 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-2009-1725 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1725 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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