CVE-2009-3272 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Apple Safari via crafted JavaScript causing stack exhaustion, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-3272?
CVE-2009-3272 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 21 Sep 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3272?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3272?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3272 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-2009-3272 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-3272 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vmg6-7v27-vwrg.