CVE-2009-2841
The HTMLMediaElement::loadResource function in html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r49480, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0.4 on Mac OS X, does not perform the expected callbacks for HTML 5 media elements that have external URLs for media resources, which allows remote attackers to trigger sub-resource requests to arbitrary web sites via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a media element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality, aka rdar problem 7271202.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2831)
- Published
- November 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2831 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 / safari
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/59941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37346
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013
- http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/apple-patches-critical-safari-vulnerabilities-111109
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/49480
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36996
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023167
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525791
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54242
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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