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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-1709 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection implementation in WebCore in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows remote attacke…

published 2009-06-10 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1704

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.9%
EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection implementation in WebCore in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via an SVG animation element, related to SVG set objects, SVG marker elements, the targetElement attribute, and unspecified "caches."

Patch / fix

  • kdegraphics RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 7:3.5.4-13.el5_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1130

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-1709 updated cvss 6.8

kdegraphics: KSVG Pointer use-after-free error in the SVG animation element (DoS, ACE)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kdegraphics 3.5.4-13.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) kdegraphics 3.5.4-13.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) kdegraphics 3.5.4-13.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1130

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Exploit prediction

6.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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