MEDIUM
icu: XSS vulnerability due to improper invalid byte sequence handling
Published May 13, 2009
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.68%
Description
International Components for Unicode (ICU) 4.0, 3.6, and other 3.x versions, as used in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Fedora 9 and 10, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly handle invalid byte sequences during Unicode conversion, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
icu-0:3.6-5.11.4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1122
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | icu-0:3.6-5.11.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1122 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
6.1 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.68% 0.03680
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03680
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.68% (0.03680) | 89.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.68% (0.03680) | 88.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 15.31% (0.15308) | 94.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 11.64% (0.11643) | 93.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 16, 2025 | 6.39% (0.06394) | 90.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.88% (0.04875) | 88.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.40% (0.12399) | 89.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.88% (0.04875) | 88.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.08% (0.02083) | 88.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00632) | 78.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.53% (0.00535) | 76.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00535) | 73.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (27)
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/5691 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35436 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35498 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35584 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1122.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34974 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0153 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503071 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50488 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0153
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11366 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0153
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00336.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00478.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 13, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0153
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a