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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1725 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/07/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kdelibs packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/55739 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35758 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36347 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860 CVE, MITRE
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002162 CVE, MITRE
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002163 CVE, MITRE
http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002164 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35607 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022526 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1827 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513813 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5777 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00931.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00933.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1725
NVD Published Date:
07/09/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE