CVE-2008-0729 EXPLOIT
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Mobile Safari on Apple iPhone 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and device crash) via certain JavaScript code that constructs a long string and an array containing long string elements, possibly a related issue to CVE-2006-3677. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 8.07% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-02-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | iphone |
| apple | iphone os |
| apple | mobile safari |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple iOS Mobile Safari - Memory Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service | 2008-01-24 |
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3630
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487607/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492225/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27442
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39998
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4978
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3630
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487607/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492225/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27442
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39998
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4978
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