CVE-2008-4233
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 2.2%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 isolate the call-approval dialog from the process of launching new applications, which allows remote attackers to make arbitrary phone calls via a crafted HTML document.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.2% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4216)
- 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-2008-4216 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://osvdb.org/50030
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32756
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021264
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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