CVE-2009-1698

high

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.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

http://secunia.com/advisories/35588

http://secunia.com/advisories/36057

http://secunia.com/advisories/36062

http://secunia.com/advisories/36790

http://secunia.com/advisories/37746

http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9484

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

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

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1128.html

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

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-032/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-06-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High