CVE-2009-1701 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-1701

Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in WebKit in...

Vulnerability Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by destroying a document.body element that has an unspecified XML container with elements that support the dir attribute.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

safari, iphone os, ipod touch
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 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, 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, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.2.1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 10th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.