CVE-2008-3950 (GCVE-0-2008-3950)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-16 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
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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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari… x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Date Public
2008-09-12 00:00
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