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TI-2009-00142 Aliases CVE-2009-0153GHSA-hc72-qh6j-jvwc

International Components for Unicode (ICU) 4.0, 3.6, and other 3.x versions, as used in…

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0368 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 14

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.6VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.2VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
Show 4 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.6VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.6 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2009:1122 Released 2009-06-25 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    icu security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) icu-3.6-5.11.4, icu-3.6-5.11.4.i386, icu-3.6-5.11.4.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) icu-3.6-5.11.4, icu-3.6-5.11.4.i386, libicu-3.6-5.11.4 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) icu-3.6-5.11.4, libicu-devel-3.6-5.11.4, libicu-devel-3.6-5.11.4.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2009:1122
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:1122
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:1122

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0153
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hc72-qh6j-jvwc

References

Patch 2

Advisory 6

Other 8

  • TI-2021-01573 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-01572 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02117 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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