CVE Vulnerability

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 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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061 Patch
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2008-09-16 11:00

Updated : 2018-10-11 08:50

NVD link : CVE-2008-3950

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3950

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-189