Vulnerability in Apple Iphone
CVE-2008-3950
Off-by-one error in the _web_drawInRect:withFont:ellipsis:alignment:measureOnly function in WebKit in Safari in Apple iPhone 1.1.4 and 2.0 and iPod touch 1.1.4 and 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a JavaScript alert call with an argument that lacks breakable characters and has a length that is a multiple of the memory page size, leading to an out-of-bounds read.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.071 (94.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.071 · newest: 0.071 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone — versions 1.1.4, 2.0
- Apple Ipod Touch — versions 1.1.4, 2.0
- Apple Safari
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service (Patch)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4264 (third-party-advisory)