PT-2007-5164 · Philip Hazel+1 · Pcre+3

Published 2007-07-23 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-3944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Safari versions 3 Beta through 3.0.3 iPhone versions prior to 1.0.1

Description: The issue is related to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library within the JavaScript engine in WebKit. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain JavaScript regular expressions.

Recommendations: For Apple Safari versions 3 Beta through 3.0.3, update to version 3.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. For iPhone versions prior to 1.0.1, update to version 1.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3944

Affected Products

Pcre

Safari

Webkit

Iphone

References · 12

• http://secunia.com/advisories/26287 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2731 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3944 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2730 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityevaluators.com/iphone/exploitingiphone.pdf · Note
• http://nytimes.com/2007/07/23/technology/23iphone.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1185163364-1OTsRJvbylLamj17FY2wnw&oref=slogin · Note
• http://securityevaluators.com/iphone · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306174 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35577 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018439 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25002 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173 · Note