CVE-2009-1725

N/A Unknown
Published: July 09, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/55739
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/35758
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/36347
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002162
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002163
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002164
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35607
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022526
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1827
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513813
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5777
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00931.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00933.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/55739
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/35758
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36347
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002162
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002163
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002164
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35607
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022526
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1827
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513813
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5777
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00931.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00933.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

66 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
12.2%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

apple

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