XSS in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-0153
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.037 (89.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1122.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35074 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50488 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34974 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)