CVE-2009-1698

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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 does not initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 10, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2009-1698: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix