CVE-2009-1697

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

CRLF injection vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject HTTP headers and bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML document, related to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks that depend on communication with arbitrary web sites on the same server through use of XMLHttpRequest without a Host header.

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Affected products

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.

Evidence coverage

SSVC priority

LOW

Confidence

Not available

Aliases

None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

1. 1022344 ↗
2. support.apple.com ↗
3. 43068 ↗
4. ADV-2009-1621 ↗
5. ADV-2011-0212 ↗
6. APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 ↗
7. 35260 ↗
8. ADV-2009-1522 ↗
9. 37746 ↗
10. APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1 ↗
11. DSA-1950 ↗
12. SUSE-SR:2011:002 ↗

Record history

Published Jun 10, 2009 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026