CVE-2019-9536

Summary

CVECVE-2019-9536
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-22 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionApple iPhone 3GS bootrom malloc implementation returns a non-NULL pointer when unable to allocate memory, aka 'alloc8'. An attacker with physical access to the device can install arbitrary firmware.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-755

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Apple Iphone 3gs - All All All
Hardware Apple Iphone 3gs - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ipwndfu/alloc8.py at master · axi0mX/ipwndfu · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
GitHub - axi0mX/alloc8: Write-up for alloc8 untethered bootrom exploit for iPhone 3GS MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: axi0mX

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