CVE-2015-1157
Description
CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 9 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | Affected | — |
| 8.2 | Affected | — |
| 8.1.3 | Affected | — |
| 8.1.2 | Affected | — |
| 8.1 | Affected | — |
| 8.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 8.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | itunes | {"endIncluding":"12.2"} | |
References
- http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/27/how-to-fix-ios-text-message-bug-crash-reboot/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
- http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-ios-bug-sees-message-app-crash-iphone-reboot-simply-by-receiving-message-1503083
- http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37e8c1/malicious_text_message/
- http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnerability/
- http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/37edde/eli5_how_that_text_you_can_send_to_friends_turns/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75491
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032408
- http://zanzebek.com/a-simple-text-message-can-ruin-any-iphone/
- https://ghostbin.com/paste/zws9m
- https://support.apple.com/HT205221
- http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/27/how-to-fix-ios-text-message-bug-crash-reboot/
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
- http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-ios-bug-sees-message-app-crash-iphone-reboot-simply-by-receiving-message-1503083
- http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37e8c1/malicious_text_message/
- http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnerability/
- http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/37edde/eli5_how_that_text_you_can_send_to_friends_turns/
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.