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CVE-2009-0153 Detail

Description

International Components for Unicode (ICU) 4.0, 3.6, and other 3.x versions, as used in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Fedora 9 and 10, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly handle invalid byte sequences during Unicode conversion, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/5691 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35436 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35498 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35584 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1122.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34974 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503071 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50488 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11366 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00336.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00478.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0153
NVD Published Date:
05/13/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE