CVE-2015-1157 Information

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.

Reference

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