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.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT205221

https://ghostbin.com/paste/zws9m

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032408

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75491

http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnerability/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-ios-bug-sees-message-app-crash-iphone-reboot-simply-by-receiving-message-1503083

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html

http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/27/how-to-fix-ios-text-message-bug-crash-reboot/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3