CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3950
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• apple iphone 1.1.4
• apple iphone 2.0
• apple ipod touch 1.1.4
• apple ipod touch 2.0
• apple safari
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264 securityreason.com
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061 Patch
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264 securityreason.com
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061 Patch