CVE-2008-4231

Safari in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 does not properly handle HTML TABLE elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted HTML document.

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272
http://osvdb.org/50028
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.5:::::::*

Information

Published : 2008-11-25 15:30

Updated : 2022-08-09 06:48

NVD link : CVE-2008-4231

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4231

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

apple

iphone_os
ipod_touch
safari

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