CVE-2008-1586 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1586?

CVE-2008-1586 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 25 Nov 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

ImageIO in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device reset) via a crafted TIFF image.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1586?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Iphone Os.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1586?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2008-1586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os

• CVE-2021-30666 Apple iOS WebKit Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30761 Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30762 Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-4657 Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-7286 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Iphone Os vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gjcq-x4fx-3742.