CVE-2008-1005: Apple Safari

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

WebCore, as used in Apple Safari before 3.1, does not properly mask the password field when reverse conversion is used with the Kotoeri input method, which allows physically proximate attackers to read the password.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: version 0.8 only; version 0.9 only; version 1.0 only; version 1.1 only; version 1.2 only; version 1.3 only; …

Published 2008-03-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.