CVE-2008-3950

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-09-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3950 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.08%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3950

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32341 exploit_db edb 2008-09-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3950

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.51% 7.08% +0.57%
2 2026-01-10 6.14% 6.51% +0.38%
3 2025-11-06 — 6.14% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3950

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3950

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3950

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3950 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (webkit), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 3, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3950

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3950

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple iphone 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:h:apple:iphone:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:apple:iphone:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipod_touch 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipod_touch 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:apple:ipod_touch:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari — cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3950

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