CVE-2009-1725

Critical

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, and other platforms; KHTML in kdelibs in KDE; QtWebKit (aka Qt toolkit); and possibly other products do not properly handle numeric character references, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductApple Safari
PublishedJul 9, 2009
First seenJul 9, 2009

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apple safariv ≤ 4.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 3.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.0b, 3.0.1, 3.0.1b, 3.0.2, 3.0.2b, 3.0.3, 3.0.3b, 3.0.4, 3.0.4b, 3.1.0, 3.1.0b, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 4.0, 4.0.0b—
apple iphone_osv ≤ 3.0.1, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 3.0, No range specified, v ≤ 3.1, 3.0.1—
apple ipod_touchNo range specified—

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CVE-2009-1725 · Apple Safari · Dark Radar