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CVE-2008-1590

N/A

Published: July 14, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorJavascriptcore· also runs on 3 platforms

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

JavaScriptCore in WebKit on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0 does not properly perform runtime garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2317.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Javascriptcore · Webkit

95%

All versions

apple-iphone (environment) · apple-iphone-os (environment) · apple-ipod-touch (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

iPhone · Apple

95%

iPhone OS · Apple

95%

iPod Touch · Apple

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/31074

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43738

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

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