CVE-2008-1590

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

JavaScriptCore in WebKit on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0 does not properly perform runtime garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2317.

Affected products

WebKit Javascriptcore: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43738
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43738

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