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CVE-2009-1701
Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and…
High9.3EPSS 7.7%
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Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by destroying a document.body element that has an unspecified XML container with elements that support the dir attribute.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.7% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- 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
- 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
- 35260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 55008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1022345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20090608 ZDI-09-033: Apple WebKit dir Attribute Freeing Dangling Object Pointer Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 35379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-033/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35325 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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