CVE-2008-2317
WebCore in Apple Safari does not properly perform garbage collection of JavaScript document elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via a reference to the ownerNode property of a copied CSSStyleSheet object of a STYLE element, as originally demonstrated on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1590.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 7.7% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2313)
- Published
- July 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2313 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone
- apple / iphone
- apple / iphone
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / ipod touch
- apple / ipod touch
- apple / ipod touch
- apple / ipod touch
- apple / ipod touch
- apple / safari
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31074(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494777/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-045/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43737
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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