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CVE-2008-1024
Apple Safari before 3.1.1, when running on Windows XP or Vista, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Apple Safari before 3.1.1, when running on Windows XP or Vista, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file download with a crafted file name, which triggers memory corruption.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 51 days later
· 51 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-04-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- VU#529441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- apple-safari-filedownload-code-execution(41864) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1019868 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)
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