CVE-2009-1686 Information

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle constant (aka const) declarations in a type-conversion operation during JavaScript exception handling which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html http://osvdb.org/54984 http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35311 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212