CVE-2009-1690

kdelibs: KHTML Incorrect handling <head> element content once the <head> element was removed (DoS, ACE)

Published Jun 10, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 6.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome 1.0.154.53, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by setting an unspecified property of an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and later accessed when an HTML error occurs, related to "recursion in certain DOM event handlers."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1867-1 New kdelibs packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1868-1 New kde4libs packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1950-1 New webkit packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1988-1 New qt4-x11 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-822-1 KDE-Libs vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-836-1 WebKit vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-857-1 Qt vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=803 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/54990 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-822-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1690 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11009 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1690 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:20 AM
Reserved
May 20, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 10, 2009, 2:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:07 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Jun 25, 2009, 12:00 AM