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CVE-2008-4233
Safari in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 does not isolate the call-approval dialog from the…
Low2.6EPSS 2.2%
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- mitre
Description
Safari in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 does not isolate the call-approval dialog from the process of launching new applications, which allows remote attackers to make arbitrary phone calls via a crafted HTML document.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- APPLE-SA-2008-11-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1021264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 50030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 32756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .