CVE-2009-4186 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.3 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URI value (aka url) in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) background property.

Published: 2009-12-03

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 6.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4156	Stack consumption vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.3 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URI value (aka url) in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) background property.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

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.

The EPSS score is 0.06528.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Safari

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-12-03T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:09.781Z

Reserved: 2009-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4186

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-03T17:30:01.640

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:13:12.340

Link: CVE-2009-4186

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2009-11-16T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Stack consumption vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.3 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URI value (aka url) in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) background property."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-08-16T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "safari-css-property-bo(54487)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487"}, {"name": "10102", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"], "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102"}, {"name": "37039", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2009-4186", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Stack consumption vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.3 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URI value (aka url) in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) background property."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "safari-css-property-bo(54487)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487"}, {"name": "10102", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102"}, {"name": "37039", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T06:54:09.781Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "safari-css-property-bo(54487)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487"}, {"name": "10102", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102"}, {"name": "37039", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2009-4186", "datePublished": "2009-12-03T17:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2009-12-03T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T06:54:09.781Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "80E36485-565D-4FAA-A6AD-57DF42D47462", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}, {"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "2CF61F35-5905-4BA9-AD7E-7DB261D2F256", "vulnerable": false}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Stack consumption vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.3 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URI value (aka url) in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) background property."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de consumo de pila en Apple Safari v4.0.3 sobre Windows, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de aplicaci\u00f3n) a trav\u00e9s de un valor largo en el valor de la URI (tambi\u00e9n conocida como url) sobre la propiedad \"background\" en los CSS."}], "id": "CVE-2009-4186", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:13:12.340", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 9.3, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}]}, "published": "2009-12-03T17:30:01.640", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10102"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37039"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54487"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-119"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}