CVE-2009-2421

Apple Safari 3.2.3 - DoS/Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The CFCharacterSetInitInlineBuffer method in CoreFoundation.dll in Apple Safari 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a "high-bit character" in a URL fragment for an unspecified protocol.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504479/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35481

Scores

EPSS 0.0250
EPSS Percentile 82.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
apple/safari 3.2.3 (2 CPE variants)
Published Jul 09, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026