CVE-2008-4231 describes a critical vulnerability in Safari on Apple iPhone OS 1.0-2.1 and iPod touch 1.1-2.1, where improper handling of HTML TABLE elements allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.