CVE-2009-1704

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

CFNetwork in Apple Safari before 4.0 misinterprets downloaded image files as local HTML documents in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code by placing it in an image file.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 4.0_beta; through 3.2.3; 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.0.3, 1.1, 1.2 (+18)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/55010
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022343
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35344
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/55010
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022343

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