Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-3950 · published 16 September 2008

CVE-2008-3950: Apple iphone vulnerability

Apple · Iphone

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.1% · top 6.0% CWE-189 · CWE-189

5.0CVSS 2.0 base score

7.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

3Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Iphone Apple

Ipod Touch Apple

Safari Apple

References

Link	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061	Patch
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4264
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/iphone-safari-javascript-alert-denial-of-service	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496321/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31061	Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-3950), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.