CVE-2008-3950

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

Apple Iphone: 1.1.4, 2.0
Apple Ipod Touch: 1.1.4, 2.0
Apple Safari: all versions

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
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

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