National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0945
Original release date:05/13/2009
Last revised:08/12/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Array index error in the insertItemBefore method in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome Stable before 1.0.154.65, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a SVGPathList data structure containing a negative index in the (1) SVGTransformList, (2) SVGStringList, (3) SVGNumberList, (4) SVGPathSegList, (5) SVGPointList, or (6) SVGLengthList SVGList object, which triggers memory corruption.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-133A
Name: TA09-133A
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8049
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8039
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-6166
External Source: XF
Name: safari-webkit-svglist-bo(50477)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-022
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1621
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1321
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1298
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1297
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022207
External Source: BID
Name: 34924
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090519 ZDI-09-022: Apple Safari Malformed SVGList Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1130
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36062
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35805
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35576
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35095
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35074
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35056
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/05/stable-update-bug-fix.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9019