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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-1690 · published 10 June 2009

CVE-2009-1690: Apple safari vulnerability

Apple · Safari

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome 1.0.154.53, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by setting an unspecified property of an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and later accessed when an HTML error occurs, related to "recursion in certain DOM event handlers."

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.7% · top 6.3% CWE-399 · CWE-399
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
6.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
56References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome 1.0.154.53, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by setting an unspecified property of an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and later accessed when an HTML error occurs, related to "recursion in certain DOM event handlers."

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=803
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://osvdb.org/54990
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 Patch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 PatchVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 ExploitPatch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-822-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11009
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=803
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://osvdb.org/54990
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-1690), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.