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<blockquote data-quote="pewter" data-source="post: 387933" data-attributes="member: 15463"><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/27/iphone-crash-bug-text-imessage-ios" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/27/iphone-crash-bug-text-imessage-ios</a></p><p></p><p>The bug – discovered by <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnerability/" target="_blank">several</a> Reddit <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/37edde/eli5_how_that_text_you_can_send_to_friends_turns/" target="_blank">users</a> – means that when the message is received it instantly crashes the iPhone and causes it to reboot, as long as the recipient is not viewing their message history at the time.</p><p></p><p>The attack appears to be caused by a glitch in the way Apple’s <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/ios" target="_blank">iOS</a> mobile operating system, which runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, renders Arabic text.</p><p></p><p>When the text message is displayed by a banner alert or notification on the lockscreen, the system attempts to abbreviate the text with an ellipsis. If the ellipsis is placed in the middle of a set of non-Latin script characters, including Arabic, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_language" target="_blank">Marathi</a> and Chinese, it causes the system to crash and the phone to reboot.</p><p></p><p>The bug requires a very specific string of text to be sent within an iMessage or SMS. In attempting to confirm the bug the Guardian went through 50 variations of the text string before replicating the crash.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pewter, post: 387933, member: 15463"] [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/27/iphone-crash-bug-text-imessage-ios"]http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/27/iphone-crash-bug-text-imessage-ios[/URL] The bug – discovered by [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnerability/"]several[/URL] Reddit [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/37edde/eli5_how_that_text_you_can_send_to_friends_turns/"]users[/URL] – means that when the message is received it instantly crashes the iPhone and causes it to reboot, as long as the recipient is not viewing their message history at the time. The attack appears to be caused by a glitch in the way Apple’s [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/ios"]iOS[/URL] mobile operating system, which runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, renders Arabic text. When the text message is displayed by a banner alert or notification on the lockscreen, the system attempts to abbreviate the text with an ellipsis. If the ellipsis is placed in the middle of a set of non-Latin script characters, including Arabic, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_language"]Marathi[/URL] and Chinese, it causes the system to crash and the phone to reboot. The bug requires a very specific string of text to be sent within an iMessage or SMS. In attempting to confirm the bug the Guardian went through 50 variations of the text string before replicating the crash. [/QUOTE]
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