CVE-2009-2815

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 3.0.1; 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.1.0 (+14)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860

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