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CVE-2009-1686

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-06-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Apple Safari

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References