CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-0153

MEDIUMEPSS 88th pctl
4.3
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

International Components for Unicode (ICU) 4.0, 3.6, and other 3.x versions, as used in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Fedora 9 and 10, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly handle invalid byte sequences during Unicode conversion, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

How to fix

Remediation Available
icuDebian
Fixed in:4.0.1-1CVE-2009-0153
Fixed in:4.0.1-1CVE-2009-0153
Fixed in:4.0.1-1CVE-2009-0153
Fixed in:4.0.1-1CVE-2009-0153

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days
88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

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