CVE-2010-0038

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-02-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Recovery Mode in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 3.1.2, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 3.1.2, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass device locking, and read or modify arbitrary data, via a USB control message that triggers memory corruption.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.1.0 (+16)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/62128
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38040
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/62128
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38040

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