CVE-2009-0945
Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome Stable before 1.0.154.65, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a SVGPathList data structure containing a negative index in the (1) SVGTransformList, (2) SVGStringList, (3) SVGNumberList, (4) SVGPathSegList, (5) SVGPointList, or (6) SVGLengthList SVGList object, which triggers memory corruption.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 9.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0942)
- Published
- May 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0942 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
and 22 more…
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9019
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/05/stable-update-bug-fix.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00000.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35095
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36790
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1130.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503594/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34924
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022207
- 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.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1298
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1321
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-022
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50477
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11584
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/823-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00303.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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