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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2009-1701

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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2009-1701

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/10/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/05/2012
Modified
12/05/2016

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by destroying a document.body element that has an unspecified XML container with elements that support the dir attribute.

Solution(s)

  • apple-safari-upgrade-4_0
  • apple-safari-windows-uninstall

References

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