CVE-2009-1725
WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, and other platforms; KHTML in kdelibs in KDE; QtWebKit (aka Qt toolkit); and possibly other products do not properly handle numeric character references, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 6.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1720)
- Published
- July 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1720 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 / ipod touch
- 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 3 more…
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/55739
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36347
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36790
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
- http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002162
- http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002163
- http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002164
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35607(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022526
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1827
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513813
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5777
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00931.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00933.html
- 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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