CVE-2009-1690
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."
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-399
- EPSS score
- 6.6% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1685)
- Published
- June 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1685 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
and 26 more…
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=803
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html(Patch, Vendor 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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639(Patch, Vendor 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(Exploit, Patch)
- 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(Patch, Vendor 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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