CVE-2009-1709
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."
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
- 6.9% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1704)
- 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-2009-1704 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 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
References
- 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/55013
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:182
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1130.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35334
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-034/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10162
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/823-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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