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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple iPod touch 2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _web_drawInRect:withFont:ellipsis:alignment:measureOnly
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was published 09/16/2008 by Nicolas Economou with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3950 since 09/05/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
09/05/2008 🔍09/12/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 🔍
12/07/2017 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Nicolas Economou
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-3950 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 31061 - Apple iPhone and iPod touch Safari WebKit 'alert()' Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 12/07/2017 08:20
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (54), 12/07/2017 08:20 (1)
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