HIGH
qt-4.5.2: improper handling of numeric character references (ACE, DoS)
Published Jul 9, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.19%
Description
WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.2, as used on iPhone OS before 3.1, iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, and other platforms; KHTML in kdelibs in KDE; QtWebKit (aka Qt toolkit); and possibly other products do not properly handle numeric character references, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 4.0.1
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 3.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0b
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1b
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2b
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.3b
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.4b
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0b
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 4.0
- 4.0.0b
Configuration 2
AND
OR
- ≤ 3.0.1
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 3.0
Configuration 3
AND
OR
- ≤ 3.1
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kdelibs packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.19% 0.06192
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06192
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 6.19% (0.06192) | 93.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.19% (0.06192) | 92.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.20% (0.12201) | 93.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.09% (0.15093) | 91.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.20% (0.12201) | 93.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.90% (0.03904) | 92.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 3.90% (0.03904) | 91.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.69% (0.03693) | 90.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 90.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 90.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 89.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 77.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (36)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jul/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/55739 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35758 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36347 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36677 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36790 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37746 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3666 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002162 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002163 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1002164 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35607 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022526 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-836-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1827 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1725 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513813 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1725
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5777 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1725
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00931.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00933.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01196.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01199.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 9, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 20, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1725
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a