CVE-2008-3950

WebKit - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Nicolas Economou · htmldoshardware

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32341

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded

[Patch] http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service

[Third Party Advisory] http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264

Scores

EPSS 0.0651

EPSS Percentile 91.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-189

Status published

Products (5)

apple/iphone 1.1.4

apple/iphone 2.0

apple/ipod_touch 1.1.4

apple/ipod_touch 2.0

apple/safari

Published Sep 16, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026