CVE-2009-2204

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2204
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-03 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the CoreTelephony component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, obtain GPS coordinates, or enable the microphone via an SMS message that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated by Charlie Miller at SyScan '09 Singapore.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 1.1.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple iPhone SMS Application Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2009-07-31-1 iPhone OS 3.0.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
SyScan'10 Singapore :: Day 1 (17 June 2010) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.syscan.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apple iPhone SMS Message Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MILLER/BHUSA09-Miller-FuzzingPhone-PA... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.blackhat.com Exploit
About the security content of iPhone OS 3.0.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/55687 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Researcher hopes Apple fixes possible iPhone SMS security hole | Security - CNET News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.cnet.com
Apple iPhone SMS Message Decoding Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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