CVE-2008-3950

Apple iOS 1.1.4/2.0 / iPod 1.1.4/2.0 touch Safari WebKit - 'alert()' Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Error de superación de límite en la función _web_drawInRect:withFont:ellipsis:alignment:measureOnly en el WebKit en Safari en Apple iPhone 1.1.4 y 2.0 e iPod touch 1.1.4 y 2.0, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de navegador) a través de una llamada a una alerta JavaScript con un argumento que carece de caracteres frágiles y tiene una longitud que es múltiplo del tamaño de memoria, lo que conduce a una lectura fuera de límites.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-09-05 CVE Reserved
2008-09-12 First Exploit
2008-09-16 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32341	2008-09-12

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service	2018-10-11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061	2018-10-11

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Iphone Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone"	1.1.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone" and version "1.1.4"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"	*	-	Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Iphone Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone"	2.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone" and version "2.0"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"	*	-	Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Ipod Touch Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipod Touch"	1.1.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipod Touch" and version "1.1.4"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"	*	-	Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Ipod Touch Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipod Touch"	2.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Ipod Touch" and version "2.0"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Safari Search vendor "Apple" for product "Safari"	*	-	Affected