← Back to CVEs

CVE-2008-3950

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/16/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apple:iphoneapple:ipod_touchapple:safari

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061(cve@mitre.org)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.