CVE-2009-0959 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2009-0959?

CVE-2009-0959 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 19 Jun 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The MPEG-4 video codec in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reset) via a crafted MPEG-4 video file that triggers an "input validation issue."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0959?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Ipod Touch.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0959?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2009-0959 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v6fv-h7mf-cc44.