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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1698 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.46%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 7.84% | 8.46% | +0.62% |
| 2 | 2025-12-01 | 7.36% | 7.84% | +0.48% |
| 3 | 2025-05-16 | — | 7.36% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1698 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1698/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2009-1698 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (kde4libs, kdelibs, qt4-x11, webkit), 36 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 14, released 13, needs-triage 4, ignored 3, DNE 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1698 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | safari | <= 3.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.9:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.3:417.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 2.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.0b | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.1b | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.2b | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.3b | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.0.4b | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.1.0b | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | safari | 3.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |