CVE-2008-0729 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Mobile Safari on iPhones by sending malicious JavaScript that exhausts memory, requiring user interaction to visit a crafted page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0729?
CVE-2008-0729 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0729?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Mobile Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0729?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0729 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-0729 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0729 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vr8-qvq2-r64x.