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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.08% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- apple/iphone · apple/ipod touch · apple/safari
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-servicePatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061Patch
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-servicePatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.