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CVE-2008-2317

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2008-07-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

WebCore in Apple Safari does not properly perform garbage collection of JavaScript document elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) via a reference to the ownerNode property of a copied CSSStyleSheet object of a STYLE element, as originally demonstrated on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1590.

Affected Platforms

Apple Iphone OsApple SafariApple IphoneApple Ipod Touch

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References