CVE-2009-1701

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-06-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1701 is rated High Exploit Risk (87/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.72%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2009-1701

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1701

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 2025-05-16 7.32% 9.72% +2.40%
2 2025-03-30 7.96% 7.32% -0.64%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.96% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1701

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1701

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1701

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-1701 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (qt4-x11, webkit), 18 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 9, ignored 6, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1701

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1701

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 ipod_touch — cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os — cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1701

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://osvdb.org/55008
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 Patch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504172/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35325
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-033/ Patch
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