Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, iPhone OS 1.0 through…

Description

Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome Stable before 1.0.154.65, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a SVGPathList data structure containing a negative index in the (1) SVGTransformList, (2) SVGStringList, (3) SVGNumberList, (4) SVGPathSegList, (5) SVGPointList, or (6) SVGLengthList SVGList object, which triggers memory corruption.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (41)

• USN-822-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 35805 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-8039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/05/stable-update-bug-fix.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1022207 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20090519 ZDI-09-022: Apple Safari Malformed SVGList Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 35576 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 36790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 35056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-022 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 34924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 36461 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• safari-webkit-svglist-bo(50477) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• USN-823-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-1950 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 36062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-857-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• TA09-133A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11584 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 35095 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-8049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-6166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-836-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9019 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:57 UTC.