CVE-2009-1698

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-06-25
Bugzilla:
506469: CVE-2009-1698 kdelibs: KHTML CSS parser - incorrect handling CSS "style" attribute content (DoS, ACE)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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 initialize a pointer during handling of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call with a large numerical argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1698 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (kdelibs) RHSA-2009:1128 2009-06-25
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kdelibs) RHSA-2009:1127 2009-06-25
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kdelibs) RHSA-2009:1127 2009-06-25

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