CVE-2009-0153

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.

• CWE-79

• http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/5691
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35436
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35498
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35584
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1122.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34974
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503071
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50488
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11366
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00336.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00478.html
• http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/5691
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35436
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35498
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35584
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1122.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34974
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503071
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50488
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11366
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00336.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00478.html

Published

May 13, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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