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CVE-2008-4231 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/50028	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613	CVE
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/50028	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613	[email protected]
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple ipod touch	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple iphone os	1.0 1.0.1 1.0.2 1.1 1.1.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:2.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple safari	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 9, 2022	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 26, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2008-4231 Details

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