CVE-2009-0961

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.064 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

6.38% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

20 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The Mail component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 dismisses the call approval dialog when another alert appears, which might allow remote attackers to force the iPhone to place a call without user approval by causing an application to trigger an alert.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-264USLLM-inferred

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-33044Apple iPhone 2.2.1 - Call Approval Dialog Security Bypass (1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-33045Apple iPhone 2.2.1 - Call Approval Dialog Security Bypass (2)functional · exploit_db
EDB-33046Apple iPhone 2.2.1 - Call Approval Dialog Security Bypass (3)functional · exploit_db

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apple iphone osall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 1.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os= 2.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipod touchall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-06-19modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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