WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not initialize a…

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.5% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (5 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 (34)

• USN-822-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
• MDVSA-2009:330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 35588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-8046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 37746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-032/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1022345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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
• 20090608 ZDI-09-032: Apple WebKit attr() Invalid Attribute Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20090614 [TZO-37-2009] Apple Safari <v4 Remote code execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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
• RHSA-2009:1128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 35379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 55006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9484 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
• 36057 (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/HT3613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-836-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 35318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/05/advisory-apple-safari-remote-code.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-8020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-1698](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-1698.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-1698)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:20 UTC.