CVE-2009-0744

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Published Feb 27, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 6.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Apple Safari 4 Beta build 528.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a feeds: URI beginning with a (1) % (percent), (2) { (open curly bracket), (3) } (close curly bracket), (4) ^ (caret), (5) ` (backquote), or (6) | (pipe) character, followed by an & (ampersand) character.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-0744	Apple Safari 4 Beta build 528.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a feeds: URI beginning with a (1) % (percent), (2) { (open curly bracket), (3) } (close curly bracket), (4) ^ (caret), (5) ` (backquote), or (6) \| (pipe) character, followed by an & (ampersand) character.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.7% (6.653% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501229/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33909
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6066

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Safari

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:48 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 27, 2009, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:48 AM
Reserved: Feb 27, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 27, 2009, 5:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM

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