PT-2009-4189 · Apple+1 · Webkit+3

Published 2009-06-10 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2009-1709

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Safari versions prior to 4.0

Description: The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection implementation in WebCore in WebKit. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers via an SVG animation element, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, which may result in heap corruption and application crash. The vulnerability is associated with SVG set objects, SVG marker elements, and the targetElement attribute, as well as unspecified caches.

Recommendations: For Apple Safari versions prior to 4.0, update to version 4.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1709

DSA-1866-1

RHSA-2009:1130

RHSA-2009_1130

Affected Products

Red Hat

Safari

Webcore

Webkit

References · 55

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• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1709 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 · Vendor Advisory