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CVE-2015-1157 Detail

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/27/how-to-fix-ios-text-message-bug-crash-reboot/ Apple Inc., CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00001.html Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html Apple Inc., CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html Apple Inc., CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-ios-bug-sees-message-app-crash-iphone-reboot-simply-by-receiving-message-1503083 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37e8c1/malicious_text_message/ Apple Inc., CVE Exploit 
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnerability/ Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/37edde/eli5_how_that_text_you_can_send_to_friends_turns/ Apple Inc., CVE Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75491 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032408 Apple Inc., CVE
http://zanzebek.com/a-simple-text-message-can-ruin-any-iphone/ Apple Inc., CVE Exploit 
https://ghostbin.com/paste/zws9m Apple Inc., CVE
https://support.apple.com/HT205221 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-17 DEPRECATED: Code cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-1157
NVD Published Date:
05/27/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Apple Inc.