CVE-2008-3950

no score yetEPSS 7.1%

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.

EPSS: 7.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-189
Published: 2008-09-16
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:iphone
apple:ipod_touch
apple:safari

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

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