CVE-2009-2421

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-2421 · Published 09/07/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-2421 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting safari (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 84.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
safari apple	`= 3.2.3`	No fix yet

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

securityfocus.com/archive/1/504479/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/35481

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