Vulnerability in Apple Safari
CVE-2009-1709
Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection implementation in WebCore in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via an SVG animation element, related to SVG set objects, SVG marker elements, the targetElement attribute, and unspecified "caches."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.069 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Safari — versions 0.8, 0.9, 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-034/
- secunia.com/advisories/43068 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10162 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1130.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35576 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-1709?
- CVE-2009-1709 is a vulnerability in Apple Safari, classified under CWE-399. Published 2009-06-10.
- Is CVE-2009-1709 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.