Is CVE-2008-3950 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3950 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3950?

CVE-2008-3950 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-3950

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 7.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 7.1% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3935)
Published: September 16, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3935 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / iphone
apple / iphone
apple / ipod touch
apple / ipod touch
apple / safari

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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