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CVE-2008-1588

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1588 describes a vulnerability in Safari on Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices prior to version 2.0, allowing remote attackers to spoof the address bar using Unicode ideographic spaces in a URL. This medium-complexity vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 4.3, primarily impacts integrity (I:P) by enabling phishing attacks, but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0227 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/31074
secunia.com / advisories/35379
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43732
support.apple.com / kb/HT3613
securityfocus.com / bid/30186
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2094/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1522