9.3

CVE-2009-1709: apple safari Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
Published 10-06-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1709 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in apple safari. EPSS estimates a 6.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1866-1RHSA-2009:1130

Timeline

  1. 10-06-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection implementation in WebCore in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via an SVG animation element, related to SVG set objects, SVG marker elements, the targetElement attribute, and unspecified "caches."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.92% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.92%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected 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

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