Apple iOS iMessage Emoji denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component iMessage. The manipulation with the input ????️0???? as part of Emoji leads to denial of service. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is best practice to apply the suggested workaround.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component iMessage. The manipulation with the input value ????️0???? leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was shared 01/17/2017 by EverythingApplePro as confirmed video (Youtube). It is possible to read the advisory at youtube.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by EverythingApplePro and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at youtube.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be Workaround.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: EverythingApplePro
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Workaround
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Workaround: vincedes3.com

Timelineinfo

01/17/2017 🔍
01/17/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/18/2017 +1 days 🔍
07/24/2020 +1283 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: youtube.com
Researcher: EverythingApplePro
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95459
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2017 15:26
Updated: 07/24/2020 11:54
Changes: 01/18/2017 15:26 (50), 07/24/2020 11:54 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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