Apple iPhone OS 3.0.1 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iPhone OS 3.0.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apple Safari on iPhone OS 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long tel: URL in the SRC attribute of an IFRAME element.

The weakness was published 09/21/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3271 since 09/21/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by cloud and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53251) and Exploit-DB (9666). Similar entry is available at 50137.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Public
Status: Functional
Author: cloud
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-3271 (🔍)
X-Force: 53251 - Apple iPhone Safari tel: URI denial of service
SecurityFocus: 36386 - Apple iPhone Safari 'tel:' URI Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/16/2017 07:24
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (49), 12/16/2017 07:24 (13)
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