CVE-2009-1690

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1690
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-10 14:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome 1.0.154.53, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by setting an unspecified property of an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and later accessed when an HTML error occurs, related to "recursion in certain DOM event handlers."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.1 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.2 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.0 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.0 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.1 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.2 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.2 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.3 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.3 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.4 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.4 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.5 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.5 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.0 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.0 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.1 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.1 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.2 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.2 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2 - ipodtouch All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2.1 - iphone All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2.1 - ipodtouch All
Application Apple Safari 0.8 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 0.9 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 1.0 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 1.0.3 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 1.1 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 1.2 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 1.3 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 1.3.1 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 1.3.2 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 2.0 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.2 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.4 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.0 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.0 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.1 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.2 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.2 - mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.3 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.3 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.4 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.4 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.1 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.1 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.1 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.1 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.2 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.2 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.2 - windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.2.1 All mac All
Application Apple Safari 3.2.1 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.2.2 All windows All
Application Apple Safari 3.2.3 All mac All
Application Apple Safari All All windows All
Application Apple Safari All All mac All
Application Google Chrome 1.0.154.53 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: kdelibs-4.2.4-6.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
About the security content of Safari 4.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 4.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1950-1 webkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Fedora update for kdelibs3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for webkit - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-857-1: Qt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apple Safari Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
osvdb.org/54990 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 Safari 4.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for kdelibs - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: kdelibs-4.2.4-6.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:330 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-822-1: KDE-Libs vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
USN-836-1: WebKit vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: kdelibs3-3.5.10-13.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Public Advisory: 06.08.09 // iDefense Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: kdelibs3-3.5.10-13.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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