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CVE-2009-1692

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1692 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WebKit, affecting Apple iPhone OS, iPod touch, and Safari. A remote attacker can trigger this by crafting a web page with an HTMLSelectElement object containing an excessively large length attribute, leading to memory exhaustion or a device reset. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact, though it requires medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0424 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

kb.palm.com / wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/50607_en.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
osvdb.org / 55242
bugs.webkit.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/36977
secunia.com / advisories/37746
secunia.com / advisories/43068
support.apple.com / kb/HT3639
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/9160
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1950
g-sec.lu / one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504988/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504989/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/505006/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/35414
securityfocus.com / bid/35446
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1621
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212