Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-0153
CVE-2009-0153
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.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.5 before 10.5.7
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 9 and 10
- Range: 1.0 through 2.2.1
Patches
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References
24- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3549nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/5691nvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35074nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35379nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35436nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35498nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35584nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3613nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3639nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1122.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34974nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50488nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11366nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00336.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00478.htmlnvd
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