VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-2815
The Telephony component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1 does not properly handle SMS arrival notifications, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and service interruption) via a crafted SMS message.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 2.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Telephony component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1 does not properly handle SMS arrival notifications, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and service interruption) via a crafted SMS message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.47% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apple/iphone os
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36677Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36677Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.