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CVE-2009-1725

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-07-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, and other platforms; KHTML in kdelibs in KDE; QtWebKit (aka Qt toolkit); and possibly other products do not properly handle numeric character references, 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 SafariApple Iphone OsApple Ipod Touch

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References