CVE-2008-4231
Safari in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 does not properly handle HTML TABLE elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Safari in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 does not properly handle HTML TABLE elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.85% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apple/safari · apple/iphone os
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/50028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/50028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.