National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1686

Overview

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle constant (aka const) declarations in a type-conversion operation during JavaScript exception handling, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1522

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0212

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1621

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

External Source: BID

Name: 35311

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35311

External Source: BID

Name: 35260

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022345

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43068

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35379

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 54984

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/54984

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html