CVE-2009-3272

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in WebKit.dll in WebKit in Apple Safari 3.2.3, and possibly other versions before 4.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that calls eval on a long string composed of A/ sequences.

Affected products

Apple Safari: 3.2.3, 4.0, 4.0-beta, 4.0.0b, 4.0.2, 4.0.3

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9606
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9606
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

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