Apple iPhone OS 3.1 HTTP Client input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iPhone OS 3.1 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Client. 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. CVE summarizes:

The HTTP client functionality in Apple iPhone OS 3.1 on the iPhone 2G and 3.1.3 on the iPhone 3GS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Safari, Mail, or Springboard crash) via a crafted innerHTML property of a DIV element, related to a "malformed character" issue.

The weakness was shared 03/15/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1226 since 04/01/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Chase Higgins in Python and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (11769).

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Class: Input validation
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Author: Chase Higgins
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1226 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 38758 - Apple iPhone Malformed Characters Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 63521 - Apple iPhone OS HTTP Client Functionality Crafted innerHTML Property Malformed Character DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/28/2017 14:38
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (52), 12/28/2017 14:38 (10)
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