CVE-2009-1696: Apple Safari

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 uses predictable random numbers in JavaScript applications, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track the behavior of a Safari user during a session.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: up to and including 4.0_beta; version 0.8 only; version 0.9 only; version 1.0 only; version 1.0.3 only; version 1.1 only; …

Published 2009-06-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.