fkie_cve-2008-3950
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-09-16 23:00
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple iphone 1.1.4
apple iphone 2.0
apple ipod_touch 1.1.4
apple ipod_touch 2.0
apple safari *



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