CVE-2007-3944 Information

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library in the JavaScript engine in WebKit in Apple Safari 3 Beta before Update 3.0.3 and iPhone before 1.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain JavaScript regular expressions. NOTE: this issue was originally reported only for MobileSafari on the iPhone. NOTE: it is not clear whether this stems from an issue in the original distribution of PCRE which might already have a separate CVE identifier.

Reference

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306174 http://secunia.com/advisories/26287 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/technology/23iphone.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1185163364-1OTsRJvbylLamj17FY2wnw&oref=slogin http://www.securityevaluators.com/iphone/ http://www.securityevaluators.com/iphone/exploitingiphone.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25002 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018439 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2730 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2731 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35577