CVE-2008-0894

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—

Apple Safari might allow remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive memory contents or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) bitmap (BMP) or (2) GIF file, a related issue to CVE-2008-0420.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.20%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 67
Score date: 10/9/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — Safari

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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