CVE-2009-1697: apple safari Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-1697 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in apple safari. EPSS estimates a 2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 10-06-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability 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 inject HTTP headers and bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML document, related to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that depend on communication with arbitrary web sites on the same server through use of XMLHttpRequest without a Host header.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.99%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.99% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Apple1 product
- safari≤ 4.0_beta | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 2.0 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.4 | 3.0 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.3 | ≤ 3.2.3 | 3.0.1 | 3.2 | 3.2.2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
15 links- support.apple.com/kb/HT3639X Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource APPLEPatch
