Upstream information

CVE-2009-1686 at MITRE

Description

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 properly handle constant (aka const) declarations in a type-conversion operation during JavaScript exception handling, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 601349 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2011:002, published Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:00:00 +0000
    • openSUSE-SU-2011:0024-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:42:41 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:32:43 2023