CVE-2009-4186

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.3 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URI value (aka url) in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) background property.

Affected products

Apple Safari: 4.0.3

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487

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