9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-1690
Apple Safari WebKit Use-After-Free Arbitary Code Execution Denial of Service
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome 1.0.154.53, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by setting an unspecified property of an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and later accessed when an HTML error occurs, related to "recursion in certain DOM event handlers."

INFO

Published Date :

June 10, 2009, 2:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 23, 2021, 12:52 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1690 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple iphone_os
2 Apple safari
1 Google chrome
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-1690.

URL Resource
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=803
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://osvdb.org/54990
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 Patch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 Exploit Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-822-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11009
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-1690 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-1690 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:-:ipodtouch:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11009 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11009 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1690 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1690 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.33 }} 0.46%

score

0.92929

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability