National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1687

Overview

The JavaScript garbage collector in 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 allocation failures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document that triggers write access to an "offset of a NULL pointer."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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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: SECTRACK

Name: 1022345

Type: Patch Information

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

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8020

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8046

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8049

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8039

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.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: UBUNTU

Name: USN-857-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-836-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-822-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-822-1

External Source: BID

Name: 35309

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35309

External Source: BID

Name: 35260

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

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:330

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1950

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43068

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37746

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37746

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36790

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36790

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36062

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36062

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36057

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36057

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35379

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10260

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10260

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 54985

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/54985

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

External Source: APPLE

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

Type: Advisory

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

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10260

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10260