CVE-2008-4231 (GCVE-0-2008-4231)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-25 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://osvdb.org/50028 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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