CVE-2008-3950

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Apple
Status
Iphone
Ipod Touch
Safari
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 September 2008

Summary

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded
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http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascr...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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