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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-09-16

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected products

• Iphone (Apple)
• Ipod Touch (Apple)
• Safari (Apple)

References

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