TI-2009-03971 Aliases CVE-2009-4186 GHSA-2p64-hc8v-gh2f

Stack consumption vulnerability in Apple Safari 4.0.3 on Windows allows remote attackers…

MEDIUM 49CWE-119Published 2009-12-03 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06528 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.3:::::::*	4.0.3	Vulnerable	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4186
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2p64-hc8v-gh2f

References

Exploit 1

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TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-28228 Use after free in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-22512 Memory corruption in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-12953 Memory corruption in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-05957 Improper input validation in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-29863 Apple Safari: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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