CVE-2009-1714

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web Inspector in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, and read local files, via vectors related to the improper escaping of HTML attributes.

How to fix CVE-2009-1714

To remediate CVE-2009-1714, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/qt4-x11—upgrade to 4:4.6.3-1 or later

Is CVE-2009-1714 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 4:4.6.3-1

References (14)

• ADVISORYsecunia.com/advisories/35379
• ADVISORYsecunia.com/advisories/37746
• ADVISORYsecunia.com/advisories/43068
• ADVISORYwww.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1950
• ADVISORYwww.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212