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title: "CVE-2009-3933\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3933

Publication date 12 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

WebKit before r50173, as used in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32, allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a web
page that calls the JavaScript setInterval method, which triggers an
incompatibility between the WTF::currentTime and base::Time functions.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3933?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kde4libs | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| kdelibs | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| qt4-x11 | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| webkit | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

webkit is a fork of khtml from kdelibs. kdelibs5 is farther from
it, while qt4-x11 attempts to unify khtml and webkit

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

this is chromium-specific

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3933)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3933)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3933)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3933)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3933>