CVE-2008-4231
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD
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.
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
- 5.9% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4214)
- Published
- November 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4214 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / iphone os
- apple / ipod touch
- apple / safari
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/50028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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