{"id":"CVE-2008-4231","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-4231","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:37.534Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2008-11-25T23:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:57:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["apple/safari","apple/iphone os"],"epss":{"score":0.0585,"percentile":0.93131,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/50028","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32756","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35379","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/50028","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32756","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35379","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4231","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}