CVE-2009-1709

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection implementation in WebCore in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via an SVG animation element, related to SVG set objects, SVG marker elements, the targetElement attribute, and unspecified "caches."

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2009-1709: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix