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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.92% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apple/safari
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/55013
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:182
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1130.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35334
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-034/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10162
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/823-1/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/55013
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:182
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1130.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.