CVE-2009-0961

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The Mail component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 dismisses the call approval dialog when another alert appears, which might allow remote attackers to force the iPhone to place a call without user approval by causing an application to trigger an alert.

Published: 2009-06-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0961 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.23%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0961

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33046 exploit_db edb 2009-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗
33045 exploit_db edb 2009-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗
33044 exploit_db edb 2009-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0961

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-17 4.26% 4.23% -0.04%
2 2025-03-30 7.01% 4.26% -2.75%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.01% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0961

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0961

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0961

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple iphone_os 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os — cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipod_touch — cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0961

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