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Apple iPhone SMS Message Decoding Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA36070
Release Date: 2009-08-03
Popularity: 1,480 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Apple iPhone

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apple iPhone, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the decoding of SMS messages and can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a specially crafted SMS message is received.

The vulnerability is reported in iPhone OS in versions prior to 3.0.1.

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