CVE-2009-1725

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1725
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-09 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionWebKit 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.

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-189 | 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 All 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 1.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.5 All All 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 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0 All All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.0 All All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.1 All All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.2 All All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.3 All All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.3 417.8 All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.3 417.9 All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.3 417.9.2 All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.3 417.9.3 All All
Application Apple Safari 2.0.4 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.0 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.0b All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.1 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.1 beta All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.1b All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.2 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.2b All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.3 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.3b All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.4 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.0.4b All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.0 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.0b All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.1 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.1.2 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.2.0 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.2.1 All All All
Application Apple Safari 3.2.2 All All All
Application Apple Safari 4.0 All All All
Application Apple Safari 4.0.0b All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple Safari Two WebKit Component Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Apple iPhone / iPod touch Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[KDE] Revision 1002163 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websvn.kde.org
About the security content of iPhone OS 3.1 and iPhone OS 3.1.1 for iPod touch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: kdelibs-4.2.4-6.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for qt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
513813 – (CVE-2009-1725) CVE-2009-1725 kdelibs KHTML, WebKit-gtk, qt-4.5.2: improper handling of numeric character references (ACE, DoS) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1950-1 webkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
WebKit Numeric Character References Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
About the security content of Safari 4.0.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: qt-4.5.2-2.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[KDE] Revision 1002164 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websvn.kde.org
Fedora update for kdelibs3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2009-07-08-1 Safari 4.0.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for webkit - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-857-1: Qt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2009-09-09-1 iPhone OS 3.1 and iPhone OS 3.1.1 for iPod touch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apple Safari WebKit Bug in Procesing Numeric Character References Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Fedora update for kdelibs - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[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
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[KDE] Revision 1002162 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websvn.kde.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
osvdb.org/55739 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.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
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: kdelibs3-3.5.10-13.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: qt-4.5.2-2.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-08-07Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kdelibs packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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