Use After Free in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2009-2416
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple Mac OS X Server
- Apple Safari
- Google Chrome
- Sun Openoffice.org
- VMware Esx — versions 3.0.3, 3.5, 4.0
- VMware Esxi — versions 3.5, 4.0
- VMware Vcenter Server — versions 4.0
- VMware Vma — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-815-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00537.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- secunia.com/advisories/36631 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9262 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
- www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html (Broken Link)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2414-2416.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/37471 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2416?
- CVE-2009-2416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2009-08-11.
- How severe is CVE-2009-2416?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2009-2416 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.