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 a
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.
- Published
- Nov 25, 2008
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 5.9% · 93th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-399
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 5.9%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apple | ipod touch | cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch |
| apple | iphone os | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os |
| apple | safari | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apple iphone os1.0
- apple iphone os1.0.1
- apple iphone os1.0.2
- apple iphone os1.1
- apple iphone os1.1.1
- apple iphone os1.1.2
- apple iphone os1.1.3
- apple iphone os1.1.4
- apple iphone os1.1.5
- apple iphone os2.0
- apple iphone os2.0.1
- apple iphone os2.0.2
- apple iphone os2.1
- apple safariall versions
Same product
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- CVE-2008-4232Safari in Apple iPhone OS 2.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.1 through 2.1 does not restrict an IFRAME's content display to the 21Monitor
- CVE-2008-4229Race condition in the Passcode Lock feature in Apple iPhone OS 2.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.0 through 2.1 allows physicall14Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-399 · Resource Management ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- osvdb.org/50028
- secunia.com/advisories/32756
- secunia.com/advisories/35379
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3318
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-23.html
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504211/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32394
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1021272
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.